Thanks for the feedback, Bruno. Just an FYI for anyone following this thread in the mail list - I also posed the same question on the Github discussions list: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/discussions/8843. Was not sure if this mail list was even used anymore!
Regards, Jeff On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 6:34 AM Bruno Oliveira <nicodde...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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