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Ichthyostega 9a9e17578c extended planning to define the operation of UI-Bus and model update this includes a decision about the tree diff representation and handling format		2015-01-17 16:08:56 +01:00
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README	enable special unit-tests to link against the gui	2014-10-18 04:27:07 +02:00
session-structure-mapping-test.cpp	extended planning to define the operation of UI-Bus and model update	2015-01-17 16:08:56 +01:00
tangible-update-test.cpp	extended planning to define the operation of UI-Bus and model update	2015-01-17 16:08:56 +01:00
test-gui-test.cpp	enable special unit-tests to link against the gui	2014-10-18 04:27:07 +02:00

README

GUI backbone tests

The tests in this subtree are a bit special: they cover the generic and
backbone internals of the Lumiera GTK GUI. They are linked against the
complete GUI-module (gui plugin), and thus may use all related ABIs.

Yet these tests are *deliberately* compiled without any GTK, GTKmm or SigC
includes. This effectively rules out the use, even indirectly, of any GTK
widgets and APIs -- forcing the covered GUI backbone entities to stay
clean and generic at API level.

This is a decision done on purpose. The concrete GUI framework technology
shall be treated as an implementation detail. There is no point in writing
tests which click buttons in the GUI -- better delegate any significant
logic or functionality to GUI agnostic components. GUI is meant to be
a presentation layer and must not develop intelligence on its own.