LUMIERA.clone/tests/gui
Ichthyostega 0964e56c49 better use a named magic constant
right now, what we actually need here is just some integer,
so the GenNode payload is typed to int (or just to anything
different than a Record, because the Record signals that
we intend to bind, not to invoke the command)
2016-02-13 22:55:57 +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 better use a named magic constant 2016-02-13 22:55:57 +01:00
bus-term-test.cpp convenience shortcut to simplify command invocation via Bus 2016-02-13 22:55:57 +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

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.