From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 15:39:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6800716A4CE for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:39:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A95843D7B for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:39:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DY47C-0007vF-SG for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 17:36:14 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 17:36:14 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 17:36:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 15:34:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <8cb27cbf050516183775fb73b5@mail.gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: Testing software before it is ported X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 15:39:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-05-17, Jon Drews scribbled these curious markings: > Can any of you advise me on where I can find software to do > automated testing? I am specifically looking for shell scripts or > programs that will simulate mouse clicks and the opening of dialogs > and combo boxes. I don't know what these scripts would be called so I > am at loss on Googling for them. In the past I have used "black box" > testing to find bugs in the port I maintain. This is quite time > consuming. > Also, if anyone can suggest books or material on effective software > testing, I would appreciate that also. Expect, perhaps? For GUI stuff, hmm. You can use DCOP for KDE. I don't know about a scripting interface for GNOME. Would probably be useful, in fact. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCig8Zk/lo7zvzJioRAkY2AJ92M3A1ECEz5Dccsn1QYNAbJJX7fgCggDOW T2JLRHH90WlGOA2zzHxB8bU= =Qsn/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.