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Ichthyostega a7cd8996aa immutable-arguments(#989 ): proof-of concept seems to work as assumed; we'll just have to construct a new holder tuple in place when binding arguments. Doesn't look too bad for me		2016-02-06 19:42:41 +01:00
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test	UI-Bus command handling protocol unit test PASS	2016-02-06 01:28:39 +01:00
abstract-tangible-test.cpp	extend unit test verification on UI command invocation	2016-01-15 02:29:33 +01:00
bus-term-test.cpp	immutable-arguments(#989 ): proof-of concept	2016-02-06 19:42:41 +01:00
README	enable special unit-tests to link against the gui	2014-10-18 04:27:07 +02:00
session-structure-mapping-test.cpp	mass clean-up: adapt usage of std::cout pretty much everywhere	2016-01-07 20:12:46 +01:00
tangible-update-test.cpp	mass clean-up: adapt usage of std::cout pretty much everywhere	2016-01-07 20:12:46 +01:00
test-gui-test.cpp	mass clean-up: adapt usage of std::cout pretty much everywhere	2016-01-07 20:12:46 +01:00

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.