Hi Jeff, That seems really useful, however it would require pytest's output to become interactive, which would be a separate application I believe. This certainly seems possible to implement as a plugin, perhaps using Rich? Anyway that is a neat idea.
Cheers, Bruno. On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 6:20 AM Jeff Wright <jeff.washcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am doing some investigation into the possibility of implementing a > 'folding' capability for Pytest's console output, and wanted to ask here > about the feasibility of this idea. My main motivator is the fact that, in > the face of multiple test failures, and with the default console behavior > in place, the output can span many pages, requiring the tester to scroll > back and hunt for the first failed test in the run. It is easy to get lost, > and hard to pinpoint precisely where things started to go wrong. > > So I thought it would be helpful to have a capability that implements some > sort of console 'folding', such that all the detailed Pytest console > content is still available, just hidden by default - yet still able to be > expanded in some way with operator interaction. [I don't know yet if > "operator interaction" would be done with keyboard, mouse, or what.] I do > know that Pytest already allows changing the level of verbosity, traceback > info, etc. I am also aware of the pytest-html plugin, which is pretty much > exactly what I am looking for, just in-console. > > Would appreciate some comments/advice...is this even do-able? I can't be > the first person to dream of such a thing! > > Thanks, Jeff > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >
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