On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Luis Lavena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Mark Wilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> spec_server is one of the hidden gems of the RSpec world. It's not >> completely a slam-dunk to use, and I know people who don't use it because of >> various problems, but it's worth working through those problems, especially >> if you do T/BDD. >> > > Yes, is a hidden gem but also have is own glitches. > > One is the lack of possiblity to actually quit gracefully (they need > to trap INT and properly stop the DRb server.
Patches welcome! > > Second and trickest one is reloading of the environment. Right now if > you change parts that are outside the reload mechanism of Rails, > spec_server will fail. Haven't had time to investigate into it, sorry. > > The other one is related to ANSI escape, at least on Windows. > spec_server takes spec/spec.opts and enable ANSI colors if the option > is present, but that still confuses script/spec -X and generate > garbage. > >> I've set up a vim script that runs just the current spec, where "current" is >> defined as "the last spec the cursor was on" (even if you're editing the >> model or whatever). Wherever I am, I can just hit Ctrl-X and see the results >> of the test almost instantly. Beat that, TextMate! > > I use autotest, I just save the file and it's executed, then I get the > total test results without distraction, beat that ;-) > > Regards, > -- > Luis Lavena > AREA 17 > - > Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from > the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent > disinclination to do so. > Douglas Adams > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
