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diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml index 76e306c4ed..56f6f7bcc4 100644 --- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml +++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -1322,8 +1322,8 @@ <title>The Unexpected I/O Log</title> <p>The test suites overview page includes a link to the Unexpected I/O Log. In this log, <c>Common Test</c> saves printouts made with - <seealso marker="ct#log-2"><c>ct:log/2</c></seealso> and - <seealso marker="ct#pal-2"><c>ct:pal/2</c></seealso>, as well as captured system + <seealso marker="ct#log-2"><c>ct:log/1,2,3,4,5</c></seealso> and + <seealso marker="ct#pal-2"><c>ct:pal/1,2,3,4,5</c></seealso>, as well as captured system error- and progress reports, which cannot be associated with particular test cases and therefore cannot be written to individual test case log files. This occurs, for example, if a log printout is made from an external process (not a test @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ <title>The Pre- and Post Test I/O Log</title> <p>The <c>Common Test</c> Framework Log page includes links to the Pre- and Post Test I/O Log. In this log, <c>Common Test</c> saves printouts made - with <c>ct:log/2</c> and <c>ct:pal/2</c>, as well as captured system error- + with <c>ct:log/1,2,3,4,5</c> and <c>ct:pal/1,2,3,4,5</c>, as well as captured system error- and progress reports, which take place before, and after, the test run. Examples of this are printouts from a CT hook init- or terminate function, or progress reports generated when an OTP application is started from a CT hook @@ -1349,10 +1349,22 @@ applications, see section <seealso marker="ct_hooks_chapter#synchronizing">Synchronizing</seealso> in section Common Test Hooks.</p> - <note><p>Logging to file with <c>ct:log/2</c> or <c>ct:pal/2</c> - only works when <c>Common Test</c> is running. Printouts with <c>ct:pal/2</c> + <note><p>Logging to file with <c>ct:log/1,2,3,4,5</c> or <c>ct:pal/1,2,3,4,5</c> + only works when <c>Common Test</c> is running. Printouts with <c>ct:pal/1,2,3,4,5</c> are however always displayed on screen.</p></note> </section> + + <section> + <marker id="delete_old_logs"></marker> + <title>Delete Old Logs</title> + <p><c>Common Test</c> can automatically delete old log. This + is specified with the <c>keep_logs</c> option. The default + value for this option is <c>all</c>, which means that no + logs are deleted. If the value is set to an + integer, <c>N</c>, <c>Common Test</c> deletes + all <c>ct_run.<timestamp></c> directories, except + the <c>N</c> newest.</p> + </section> </section> <section> @@ -1371,24 +1383,38 @@ <p><c>Common Test</c> includes an <em>optional</em> feature to allow user HTML style sheets for customizing printouts. The functions in <c>ct</c> that print to a test case HTML log - file (<c>log/3</c> and <c>pal/3</c>) accept <c>Category</c> + file (<c>log/3,4,5</c> and <c>pal/3,4,5</c>) accept <c>Category</c> as first argument. With this argument a category can be specified - that can be mapped to a selector in a CSS - definition. This is useful, especially for coloring text + that can be mapped to a named <c>div</c> selector in a CSS rule-set. + This is useful, especially for coloring text differently depending on the type of (or reason for) the - printout. Say you want one color for test system + printout. Say you want one particular background color for test system configuration information, a different one for test system state information, and finally one for errors detected by the test case functions. The corresponding style sheet can look as follows:</p> <pre> - div.sys_config { background:blue; color:white } - div.sys_state { background:yellow; color:black } - div.error { background:red; color:white }</pre> + div.sys_config { background:blue } + div.sys_state { background:yellow } + div.error { background:red }</pre> + + <p>Common Test prints the text from <c>ct:log/3,4,5</c> or + <c>ct:pal/3,4,5</c> inside a <c>pre</c> element + nested under the named <c>div</c> element. Since the <c>pre</c> selector + has a predefined CSS rule (in file <c>ct_default.css</c>) for the attributes + <c>color</c>, <c>font-family</c> and <c>font-size</c>, if a user wants to + change any of the predefined attribute settings, a new rule for <c>pre</c> + must be added to the user stylesheet. Example:</p> + + <pre> +div.error pre { color:white }</pre> + + <p>Here, white text is used instead of the default black for <c>div.error</c> + printouts (and no other attribute settings for <c>pre</c> are affected).</p> <p>To install the CSS file (<c>Common Test</c> inlines the definition in the - HTML code), the name can be provided when executing <c>ct_run</c>.</p> + HTML code), the file name can be provided when executing <c>ct_run</c>.</p> <p><em>Example:</em></p> <pre> @@ -1436,8 +1462,8 @@ suite.</p> <p>Argument <c>Category</c> in the previous example can have the - value (atom) <c>sys_config</c> (white on blue), <c>sys_state</c> - (black on yellow), or <c>error</c> (white on red).</p> + value (atom) <c>sys_config</c> (blue background), <c>sys_state</c> + (yellow background), or <c>error</c> (white text on red background).</p> </section> <section> |