From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-03-31T06:37:15+09:00
Subject: Re: ZenTest 3.1.0 Released

On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:18 PM, listrecv@gmail.com wrote:

> A few things which I would really like:
> 1. When a test fails, hyperlink the output to the line of code in the
> source (somehow - not sure how this could be implemented), or at least
> print out the relevant line of the source.

I never touch the mouse while writing code and I'm typically on or  
near the failing lines.  autotest really helps out with that because  
it lets you focus your efforts.  Typically make parsing is a function  
of your editor, so you should be able to adapt it to understand  
Test::Unit output.

> 2. Print out the last few lines of the log as well (maybe proxy logger
> - I actually wrote some code to do this).

If you have to look at some log to figure out how to fix your tests  
you don't have enough tests.  Good test coverage will give you  
granular failures.

To my knowledge, most code that has tests doesn't log anything.

> 3. Do the above with color coding, where avaible.

Yuck.

> 4. Add a system tray icon with a green, red, or gray (in process of
> running) light.  (Although I know of no cross OS way to do this.)

We don't do windows, but we accept patches.

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