test-ui-color.py failure in Emacs shell-mode

Jesse Glick jesse.glick at oracle.com
Thu May 3 16:26:09 CDT 2012


On 05/03/2012 04:04 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:
> what's the real issue here? That color doesn't work in Emacs? Or
> that the test is failing?

Just that the test is failing - causing a distraction when looking for possible regressions from other changes. Ought to be skipped in this environment I guess. Can post 
a patch if you agree.

> On my end, when running GNU Emacs 23 M-x term in a Gnome terminal, color
> works AND the test passes.

I am running /usr/bin/emacs23-x, and using M-x shell not M-x term, thus functioning as a mostly dumb terminal.



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