Re: [Notion-devel] Notion update: flux!

[Sascha S. <sas...@si...>]

Arnout Engelen <no...@bz...> writes:

> For those not following irc (#notion on freenode) and/or the commits-lists, 
> let me get you up to speed about some interesting stuff that has been happening
> recently.

Thanks for the summary!


> - git submodules
>   - libtu, libextl and several modules have now been set up as git submodules
>     of the main notion repository. This introduces some extra ceremony in 
>     development, but in general should make it easier to check out latest git 
>     and get started quickly.

Good idea.


> - notionflux
>   - insert notion scripts into notion from the commandline! This enables some
>     interesting features/flexibility, such as:
[...]

Full remote control for notion, awesome!


> - regression testing
>   - 'Xdummy' in combination with notionflux allow us to start a dummy X server
>     in the background, start notion inside it, manipulate its internals with
>     lua, and verify it behaves as intended. Hopefully this will help us ensure
>     future changes don't break existing fixes/features, and perhaps even aid 
>     in quicker 'tdd-ish' development. 

Also good to hear. Most people underestimate the importance of automated
testing.

Sascha

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