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-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/ct.xml13
-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml9
-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/write_test_chapter.xml12
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct.xml
index a87be21d73..b6c862c233 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct.xml
@@ -601,18 +601,21 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_timetrap_info() -&gt; {Time, Scale}</name>
+ <name>get_timetrap_info() -&gt; {Time, {Scaling,ScaleVal}}</name>
<fsummary>Reads information about the timetrap set for the current
test case.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Time = integer() | infinity</v>
- <v>Scale = true | false</v>
+ <v>Scaling = true | false</v>
+ <v>ScaleVal = integer()</v>
</type>
<desc><marker id="get_timetrap_info-0"/>
<p>Reads information about the timetrap set for the current test
- case. <c>Scale</c> indicates if <c>Common Test</c> will attempt
+ case. <c>Scaling</c> indicates if <c>Common Test</c> will attempt
to compensate timetraps automatically for runtime delays
- introduced by, for example, tools like cover.</p>
+ introduced by, for example, tools like cover. <c>ScaleVal</c> is
+ the value of the current scaling multipler (always 1 if scaling is
+ disabled). Note the <c>Time</c> is not the scaled result.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -1136,7 +1139,7 @@
Opts.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Opts = [OptTuples]</v>
- <v>OptTuples = {dir, TestDirs} | {suite, Suites} | {group, Groups} | {testcase, Cases} | {spec, TestSpecs} | {join_specs, Bool} | {label, Label} | {config, CfgFiles} | {userconfig, UserConfig} | {allow_user_terms, Bool} | {logdir, LogDir} | {silent_connections, Conns} | {stylesheet, CSSFile} | {cover, CoverSpecFile} | {cover_stop, Bool} | {step, StepOpts} | {event_handler, EventHandlers} | {include, InclDirs} | {auto_compile, Bool} | {abort_if_missing_suites, Bool} | {create_priv_dir, CreatePrivDir} | {multiply_timetraps, M} | {scale_timetraps, Bool} | {repeat, N} | {duration, DurTime} | {until, StopTime} | {force_stop, ForceStop} | {decrypt, DecryptKeyOrFile} | {refresh_logs, LogDir} | {logopts, LogOpts} | {verbosity, VLevels} | {basic_html, Bool} | {ct_hooks, CTHs} | {enable_builtin_hooks, Bool} | {release_shell, Bool}</v>
+ <v>OptTuples = {dir, TestDirs} | {suite, Suites} | {group, Groups} | {testcase, Cases} | {spec, TestSpecs} | {join_specs, Bool} | {label, Label} | {config, CfgFiles} | {userconfig, UserConfig} | {allow_user_terms, Bool} | {logdir, LogDir} | {silent_connections, Conns} | {stylesheet, CSSFile} | {cover, CoverSpecFile} | {cover_stop, Bool} | {step, StepOpts} | {event_handler, EventHandlers} | {include, InclDirs} | {auto_compile, Bool} | {abort_if_missing_suites, Bool} | {create_priv_dir, CreatePrivDir} | {multiply_timetraps, M} | {scale_timetraps, Bool} | {repeat, N} | {duration, DurTime} | {until, StopTime} | {force_stop, ForceStop} | {decrypt, DecryptKeyOrFile} | {refresh_logs, LogDir} | {logopts, LogOpts} | {verbosity, VLevels} | {basic_html, Bool} | {esc_chars, Bool} | {ct_hooks, CTHs} | {enable_builtin_hooks, Bool} | {release_shell, Bool}</v>
<v>TestDirs = [string()] | string()</v>
<v>Suites = [string()] | [atom()] | string() | atom()</v>
<v>Cases = [atom()] | atom()</v>
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
index d0ecc38564..2552938346 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/ct_run.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
[-duration HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]] |
[-until [YYMoMoDD]HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]]
[-basic_html]
+ [-no_esc_chars]
[-ct_hooks CTHModule1 CTHOpts1 and CTHModule2 CTHOpts2 and ..
CTHModuleN CTHOptsN]
[-exit_status ignore_config]
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
[-duration HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]] |
[-until [YYMoMoDD]HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]]
[-basic_html]
+ [-no_esc_chars]
[-ct_hooks CTHModule1 CTHOpts1 and CTHModule2 CTHOpts2 and ..
CTHModuleN CTHOptsN]
[-exit_status ignore_config]</pre>
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@
[-muliply_timetraps Multiplier]
[-scale_timetraps]
[-create_priv_dir auto_per_run | auto_per_tc | manual_per_tc]
- [-basic_html]</pre>
+ [-basic_html]
+ [-no_esc_chars]</pre>
</section>
<section>
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
index e04bb3e208..e5e217ca1d 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@
<tag><c><![CDATA[-verbosity <levels>]]></c></tag>
<item><p>Sets <seealso marker="write_test_chapter#logging">verbosity levels
for printouts</seealso>.</p></item>
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-no_esc_chars]]></c></tag>
+ <item><p>Disables automatic escaping of special HTML characters.
+ See the <seealso marker="write_test_chapter#logging">Logging chapter</seealso>.</p></item>
</taglist>
<note><p>Directories passed to <c>Common Test</c> can have either relative or absolute paths.</p></note>
@@ -802,7 +806,7 @@
program</seealso> for an overview of available start flags
(as most flags have a corresponding configuration term)</item>
<item><seealso marker="write_test_chapter#logging">Logging</seealso>
- (for terms <c>verbosity</c>, <c>stylesheet</c> and <c>basic_html</c>)</item>
+ (for terms <c>verbosity</c>, <c>stylesheet</c>, <c>basic_html</c> and <c>esc_chars</c>)</item>
<item><seealso marker="config_file_chapter#top">External Configuration Data</seealso>
(for terms <c>config</c> and <c>userconfig</c>)</item>
<item><seealso marker="event_handler_chapter#event_handling">Event
@@ -887,6 +891,9 @@
{basic_html, Bool}.
{basic_html, NodeRefs, Bool}.
+ {esc_chars, Bool}.
+ {esc_chars, NodeRefs, Bool}.
+
{release_shell, Bool}.</pre>
<p><em>Test terms:</em></p>
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/write_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/write_test_chapter.xml
index e3811ec4cf..a7a652d506 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/write_test_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/write_test_chapter.xml
@@ -1047,9 +1047,15 @@
<p>Common Test will escape special HTML characters (&lt;, &gt; and &amp;) in printouts
to the log file made with <c>ct:pal/4</c> and <c>io:format/2</c>. In order to print
- strings with HTML tags to the log, use the <c>ct:log/5</c> function. The character escaping
- feature is per default disabled for <c>ct:log/5</c>, but can be enabled with the
- <c>esc_chars</c> option.</p>
+ strings with HTML tags to the log, use the <c>ct:log/3,4,5</c> function. The character
+ escaping feature is per default disabled for <c>ct:log/3,4,5</c> but can be enabled with
+ the <c>esc_chars</c> option in the <c>Opts</c> list, see <seealso marker="ct#log-5">
+ <c>ct:log/3,4,5</c></seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p>If the character escaping feature needs to be disabled (typically for backwards
+ compatibility reasons), use the <c>ct_run</c> start flag <c>-no_esc_chars</c>, or the
+ <c>ct:run_test/1</c> start option <c>{esc_chars,Bool}</c> (this start option is also
+ supported in test specifications).</p>
<p>For more information about log files, see section
<seealso marker="run_test_chapter#log_files">Log Files</seealso>