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@@ -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
@@ -1349,8 +1349,8 @@
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>
@@ -1383,24 +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>
@@ -1448,8 +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>