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The test directory contains some unit and performance tests for Scintilla.
-The tests can only be run on Windows using Python 2.7 or 3.x. Running on another platform
-would require writing a file similar to XiteWin.py for that platform. Python 2.7+ is required
-because the bytes string type and literals are available.
+The tests can only be run on Windows or Linux/Qt using Python 2.7 or 3.x.
+Python 2.7+ is required because the bytes string type and literals are available.
+Scintilla must be built before running any tests.
-A test application is in xite.py and this can be run to experiment:
+A test application for Windows only is in xite.py and this can be run to experiment:
pythonw xite.py
To run the basic tests:
-pythonw simpleTests.py
+python 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
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ is marked with {styleNumber}, for example:
{15}<%@{16}language=javas{15}%>{0}
To run the lexing tests:
-pythonw lexTests.py
+python lexTests.py
To check for performance regressions:
-pythonw performanceTests.py
+python 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