In support of Nicolas' recommendations you may also find some test examples with the macros he suggested here:
https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/tree/master/test Over the past week I have been integrating tests on org-ref using some of those macros. They are pretty easy to use. Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Hello, > > George M Jones <elu...@gmail.com> writes: > >> What's the process for adding a test (specifically to babel)? >> >> The only part that looks non-obvious is how to generate the test ID, >> e.g. in ob-shell-test.org: >> >> * Associative array tests (simple map) >> :PROPERTIES: >> :ID: bec1a5b0-4619-4450-a8c0-2a746b44bf8d >> :END: >> >> From there it looks like you just add to the correct file in >> org-mode/testing/examples/*.org and the corresponding >> /org-mode/testing/lisp/test-*.el file. Am I missing anything? >> >> I'll add to the README or docs unless it's already there. > > I suggest to stay away from examples/ and `org-test-at-id' altogether. > I find these tests horrible to debug when something goes wrong. > > I suggest to stay with `org-test-with-temp-text', or, if needed, > `org-test-with-temp-text-in-file' and make the test self-contained. > Also, I think it is better to have only one `should' or related, outside > of this macro, so the whole test is easier to evaluate partially. See, > e.g., "test-org-footnote.el". > > Obviously YMMV and the more important thing is to have more tests. How > tests are written is a lesser matter. Feel free to ignore my > suggestions. > > Thank you for your work. > > > Regards, -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
