Try in Emacs

Tags: tech, lisp, Date: 2023-08-14

Try, my test anti-framework, has just got light Emacs integration. Consider the following test:

(deftest test-foo ()
  (is (equal "xxx" 5))
  (is (equal 7 7))
  (with-failure-expected (t)
    (is (same-set-p '(1) '(2)))))

The test can be run from Lisp with (test-foo) (interactive debugging) or (try 'test-foo) (non-interactive), but now there is a third option: run it from Emacs and get a couple of conveniences in return. In particular, with M-x mgl-try then entering test-foo, a new buffer pops up with the test output, which is font-locked based on the type of the outcome. The buffer also has outline minor mode, which matches the hierarchical structure of the output.

try-emacs The buffer's major mode is Lisp, so M-. and all the usual key bindings work. In additition, a couple of keys bound to navigation commands are available. See the documentation for the details. Note that Quicklisp has an older version of Try that does not have Emacs integration, so you'll need to use https://github.com/melisgl/try until the next Quicklisp release.

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