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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..647875251 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +The test directory contains some unit and performance tests for Scintilla. + +The tests can only be run on Windows using Python 3.x. Running on another platform +would require writing a file similar to XiteWin.py for that platform. Python 3.x is required +because its default string type is Unicode and earlier Python versions use byte strings +and the interface to the platform assumes a particular string type. + +A test application is in xite.py and this can be run to experiment: +pythonw xite.py + +To run the basic tests: +pythonw simpleTests.py + +There are some lexing tests with simple input files in several languages in the examples +subdirectory and their expected lexed states in *.styled where the start of each style +is marked with {styleNumber}, for example: +{15}<%@{16}language=javas{15}%>{0} + +To run the lexing tests: +pythonw lexTests.py + +To check for performance regressions: +pythonw performanceTests.py +While each test run will be different and the timer has only limited granularity, some results +from a 2 GHz Athlon with a DEBUG build are: + 0.187 testAddLine +. 0.203 testAddLineMiddle +. 0.171 testHuge +. 0.203 testHugeInserts +. 0.312 testHugeReplace +. |