From: Sean DeNigris <sean@...>
Date: 2010-03-06T23:22:51+09:00
Subject: Communicating with running process / acceptance-testing GUI apps

Hi list,

Does anyone have a method for interacting with a running Ruby
process?  Specifically, I want to launch a Ruby app using a wxruby
GUI, and then somehow drive it from cucumber.  I tried non-Ruby
solutions like Mac applescript GUI scripting to no avail.

Google produced a lot of info on irb and gdb, but I can't see how (if
it's even possible) to extend those techniques to what I'm attempting.

The only thing that seemed promising was wx-nobbie, a gem that can
test wxruby apps, but it runs all tests against the same instance of
the app, which does not work for me.

Thanks!

Sean