Re: atf for libcurses

[Brett Lymn <blymn%baea.com.au@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 02:50:37AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> 
> Rendering the test output should be straightforward (provided that the
> test terminal types are defined with a little care) -- the only
> difficulty I can see is figuring out which points in the input stream
> correspond to completed updates where a screendump should be generated
> and compared.
> 

Well, one could just pull out the "compare" keywords from the test
files, grab the given check file - this will give you the expected
output.  Pump that through a stream editor of some sort that picks up
the terminfo codes for the "atf" terminal and translates them into
another terminals codes.  I managed to slap together a limited version
of this simply by using sed.

I won't be implementing this particular bicycle storage facility any
time soon.  The lugs are there on the side so it could be attached
easily if someone has a spare weekend.  I a quite prepared to be awed
by the person who can manage to reliably check the blink attribute is
working.

-- 
Brett Lymn
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