On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:41:37PM +0200, Khiraly wrote:
Hi!
I think it would be a great idea, to have in the Effects menu a testing effects option. If someone click on this menuitem it will execute a simple python AND perl script, which test all the dependencies required for launching the effects, and it report OK/problem form.
SO it would be easy for the users, if the effects is right installed or not. Im writing this idea, because there are many effects which require an external file, or an object to work on, or simply it does not seems to make anything (function plotter). So it would be nice to test, if the system right installed or not.
Yes, this sounds like a very good idea. Perhaps the test could also run through some simple cases that typically error, such as 1. can it execute scripts in this language? 2. are common dependencies (e.g. SVG.pm) present? 3. can external files be accessed? Then present the user with a test result with these different sanity checks (maybe draw them as SVG in the canvas?)
Bryce