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bug#16854: 24.3.50; ert-run-tests-interactively t selector not working
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Helmut Eller |
Subject: |
bug#16854: 24.3.50; ert-run-tests-interactively t selector not working |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:00:39 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon, Feb 24 2014, Nicolas Richard wrote:
> Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:
>> I think now that using read instead of intern should work fine: normal
>> test names can be entered with tab completion support and regexps by
>> inserting quotes as needed. The only remaining annoyance is that spaces
>> must be inserted with C-q SPC.
>
> Quoting regexps in a minibuffer prompt is somewhat unusual, in
> particular wrt backslashes.
The M-x ert command wants an s-expression as argument and that's not
unusual, e.g. M-: also takes sexps. The syntax is just the same as for
regular Lisp code. What is unusual about M-x ert is that candidates for
symbol completion aren't names of functions but names of tests.
Helmut