[Python-checkins] devguide: Mention test.autotest for the benefit of users without a command line

[eric.araujo]

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/c18fd0ee23ed
changeset:   440:c18fd0ee23ed
user:        Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org>
date:        Fri Aug 12 18:50:39 2011 +0200
summary:
  Mention test.autotest for the benefit of users without a command line

files:
  runtests.rst |  5 +++++
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/runtests.rst b/runtests.rst
--- a/runtests.rst
+++ b/runtests.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
     ./python -m test
 
+If you don't have easy access to a command line, you can run the test suite from
+a Python or IDLE shell::
+
+    >>> from test import autotest
+
 This will run the majority of tests, but exclude a small portion of them; these
 excluded tests use special kinds of resources: for example, accessing the
 Internet, or trying to play a sound or to display a graphical interface on

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide