Freyja Development Team

jokerdino

12:00

i suggest .sync() to hurry up the disk write

Mahesh

are you sure about that?

jokerdino

yeah. i checked the docs three times already

developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/GSettings.html#g-settings-apply

developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/GSettings.html#g-settings-sync to speed up the process

Mahesh

pull speedups

we should see significant increase.

whispers there?

dang @jokerdino

jokerdino

hey

yeah, what was it?

Mahesh

pull from repo.

and retry.

I am expecting massive speed improvements.

jokerdino

12:12

can i throw away local modifications in git repo?

Mahesh

yup.

jokerdino

ok git stash

no massive changes

very well, if you are going to stick to .apply(), i won't see any change

Mahesh

that .apply doesn't get called. :P

jokerdino

and nothing gets applied either

use .sync()

Mahesh

does it really make a difference? check it.

jokerdino

12:15

yes

Mahesh

I use .apply() only when I detect delay apply mode.

get rid of it if necessary.

jokerdino

here goes: sync() shows instant change but the overall process is slow.

if nothing, no instant change but looks like it still takes the same time to complete the process

Mahesh

is it because I'm creating a class?

seriously, no difference other than that.

jokerdino

possibly?

Mahesh

But this is cleaner.

We'll stick.

jokerdino

12:19

well, it takes a looong time to update

Mahesh

Lets ask someone.

didrocks, may be?

jokerdino

perhaps

there is a ~ file in git

Mahesh

how can there be?

I didn't commit any I believe..

lemme check

untracked.

jokerdino

thanks

Mahesh

??

jokerdino

12:22

nvr mind

what next?

Mahesh

finish the half written unittest.py :P

jokerdino

why is one thing symlinked to the other?

Mahesh

I need to import.

jokerdino

hm okay

Mahesh

for that, I cant have hyphens.

jokerdino

12:24

then remove the master file or something

Mahesh

So i just symlinked for the time being.

jokerdino

okay.

Mahesh

can you finish the half-complete unittest.py?

jokerdino

okay. o.O

Mahesh

:P

I'm teaching you python, buddy.

thank me.

jokerdino

12:26

i have written something in tests/booltest.py

do something for string array and others

Mahesh

why nsettings in filelens?

jokerdino

i didn't have a def earlier

Mahesh

and gsettings in the other?

jokerdino

then put it under a def

Mahesh

oh. okay.

we dont need to test for each type.

we are not using anything thats type-specific.

jokerdino

12:30

we need to test for com.cano.. and org.compiz. also test with changing the plugins.

one reloco. and one static and one with changing plugins

Mahesh

open up unittest.py

add as many testcases we want as methods.

jokerdino

okay

what?

Mahesh

only condition is they must start with test_

jokerdino

o.O

ok. set.

how does the test work?

Mahesh

docs.python.org/library/unittest.html

scroll down to basic example.

jokerdino

12:33

i see that.

Mahesh

need help?

jokerdino

yeah

Mahesh

okay. where exactly are you stuck?

jokerdino

how exactly are we testing anything?

i can set an option away from default but then on, how?

Mahesh

pick something to change and test if its reset

then write a def test_something

in that method, we set the value away from default.

jokerdino

12:40

makes sense. let me whip out something.

Mahesh

then call unityreset.UnityReset()

jokerdino

okay :))

Mahesh

then self.assertTrue(key==itsdefaultvalue)

jokerdino

Righto.

Mahesh

you know the key because you picked it. get its value.

default values are there in the dicts.

jokerdino

12:42

o.O

where is the dict?

Mahesh

setUp()

two variables. you see them?

they are dicts.

jokerdino

yeah but they are just the plugins?

where do i get the key value?

Mahesh

compizPlugins[pluginschema][key] should give you the value.

similarly for the other one.

jokerdino

okay o.O

brb

Mahesh

The magic of nested dicts. :D

okay.

why do I see your ghost here? @jrg :P

jrg

12:46

because i am everywhere and nowhere

Mahesh

oh.

jokerdino

yes

Mahesh

yes what?

jokerdino

yes

the troll answer

@mahesh, can i just use the booltest.py?

Mahesh

grab it and add as methods in unittest.py

jokerdino

12:53

yes that

Mahesh

to reset, you have unityreset.UnityReset()

and dont import Gio again.

jokerdino

neat

no i wont

Mahesh

use Gio=unityreset.Gio if at all needed.

you'll need that to set key to non default value.

jokerdino

i was doing it in booltest

Mahesh

weren't you copying it into unittest?

jokerdino

12:56

just following the style

Mahesh

umm... one unittest.py will cover all test cases.

each def test_something will be a testcase.

all will be taken care of unittest.

jokerdino

got it

Mahesh

so, better copy things over and get rid of rest.

jokerdino

 def test_staticschema(self):
        gsettings=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens")
        if "display-recent-apps" in gsettings.list_keys():
            if gsettings.get_boolean("display-recent-apps") is True:
            #print "Unsetted default"
                gsettings.set_boolean("display-recent-apps",False)
        unityreset.UnityReset()
        key=gsettings.get_boolean("display-recent-apps")
        self.assertTrue(key==True)

like that?

Mahesh

yup. something like that.

jokerdino

13:00

how do i test what i wrote is not rubbish?

Mahesh

use get_value if instead of all variants.

jokerdino

ok done

Mahesh

just run the file.

jokerdino

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'TestCase'

hm

Mahesh

ah. rename the file to something else and retry.

:P

jokerdino

13:03

which file?

Mahesh

unittest.py

it conflicts with module name.

jokerdino

oh

Mahesh

renameit to unityresetunittestsohilovelongnames.py

jokerdino

same error

$ python faketest.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "faketest.py", line 3, in <module>
    import unittest
  File "/home/jokerdino/unity-reset/unittest.py", line 7, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'TestCase'

Mahesh

is unittest.py still there?

get rid of unittest.py. rename it.

jokerdino

13:06

ok there was a pyc

File "faketest.py", line 12, in setUp
    compizPlugins=unityreset.UnityReset.snapshotCompizPlugins()
TypeError: unbound method snapshotCompizPlugins() must be called with UnityReset instance as first argument (got nothing instead)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.000s

FAILED (errors=1)

Mahesh

oh.

gimme a sec.

git commit locally then git pull origin master

jokerdino

ok

Mahesh

updated unity-reset.py. the methods were not static earlier.

jokerdino

mhk

different error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "faketest.py", line 12, in setUp
    compizPlugins=unityreset.UnityReset.snapshotCompizPlugins()
  File "/home/jokerdino/unity-reset/unityreset.py", line 95, in snapshotCompizPlugins
    for schema in allRelocatableSchemas:
NameError: global name 'allRelocatableSchemas' is not defined

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.001s

FAILED (errors=1)

Mahesh

pull and retry

jokerdino

13:19

it resets my unity

but no result of whether pass or fail

i should have waited. my bad

trying again

Mahesh

oh.

jokerdino

fail

Mahesh

actually, unity doesn't return control I guess. scroll and find things in output.

jokerdino

Killed
F
======================================================================
FAIL: test_staticschema (__main__.TestUnityReset)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "faketest.py", line 26, in test_staticschema
    self.assertTrue(key==True)
AssertionError: False is not true

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 41.561s

FAILED (failures=1)

started another unity in another terminal

Mahesh

you sure that key goes to true?

jokerdino

13:22

 def test_staticschema(self):
        gsettings=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens")
        if "display-recent-apps" in gsettings.list_keys():
            if gsettings.get_value("display-recent-apps") is True:
            #print "Unsetted default"
                gsettings.set_value("display-recent-apps",False)
        unityreset.UnityReset()
        key=gsettings.get_value("display-recent-apps")
        self.assertTrue(key==True)

Mahesh

wait....

jokerdino

either i should wait for it to be written or i am doing it wrong?

i am thinking i should use set_boolean instead

Mahesh

you have to check unityChildren['com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens']['display-recent-apps']

why do you do this?

jokerdino

do what?

Mahesh

if "display-recent-apps" in gsettings.list_keys():
if gsettings.get_value("display-recent-apps") is True:
#print "Unsetted default"
gsettings.set_value("display-recent-apps",False)

jokerdino

13:24

you said copy from booltest.py

Mahesh

oh. okay.

open python shell

in the same folder.

import unityreset

jokerdino

then

Mahesh

unityChildren=unityreset.UnityReset.snapshotUnityChildren()

unityChildren['com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens']['display-recent-apps']

what does it say?

jokerdino

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 182, in __repr__
    return "GLib.Variant('%s', %s)" % (self.format_string, self.print_(True))
AttributeError: 'Variant' object has no attribute 'format_string'

Amith KK

appears

how's it going?

Mahesh

13:26

bad. :/

Amith KK

What's wrong

I wasn't really paying attention that time

Mahesh

print unityChildren['com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens']['display-recent-apps']

jokerdino

true

small true

not True

jrg

do you guys need/want help?

Mahesh

okay.

so the default is true.

@jrg yup.

Amith KK

13:28

@jrg yup

Mahesh

then we set it to false.

set it.

jrg

alright, let me go re-read the log

jokerdino

i am checking for True and not true

Mahesh

Gio=unityreset.Gio

@jokerdino yup that.

thats the prob then.

jokerdino

Killed
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Ran 1 test in 47.496s

OK

actually, the problem was with get_value and get_boolean

def test_staticschema(self):
        gsettings=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens")
        if "display-recent-apps" in gsettings.list_keys():
            if gsettings.get_boolean("display-recent-apps") is True:
            #print "Unsetted default"
                gsettings.set_boolean("display-recent-apps",False)
        unityreset.UnityReset()
        key=gsettings.get_boolean("display-recent-apps")
        self.assertTrue(key==True)

this works -^

might be either set_boolean or get_boolean

Mahesh

13:31

yup.

the return type is bad for us.

lets stash my fancinedd and do it the good old way then.

Amith KK

Ok, now can someone explain to me what in the name of gnu is going on?

:P

Mahesh

dino will tell you.

jokerdino

Killed
F
======================================================================
FAIL: test_staticschema (__main__.TestUnityReset)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "faketest.py", line 26, in test_staticschema
    self.assertTrue(key==True)
AssertionError: False is not true

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 33.244s

FAILED (failures=1)

def test_staticschema(self):
        gsettings=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens")
        if "display-recent-apps" in gsettings.list_keys():
            if gsettings.get_value("display-recent-apps") is True:
            #print "Unsetted default"
                gsettings.set_boolean("display-recent-apps",False)
        unityreset.UnityReset()
        key=gsettings.get_value("display-recent-apps")
        self.assertTrue(key==True)

Amith KK

@jokerdino Tell me

jokerdino

so, we should use get_boolean @Mahesh

Mahesh

13:33

yup.

jokerdino

@AmithKK writing unit tests

Mahesh

or change the assertTrue statement.

jokerdino

to true?

Mahesh

key is a Glib.Variant type.

Amith KK

oh

Mahesh

13:33

so, see if key==Glib.Variant(true) works.

Amith KK

ok

how can I help :D

Mahesh

but we need to import something to access Glib.

@AmithKK once we get the first unit test straight.

Amith KK

@Mahesh from gi_repository :P ?

jrg

or can you stub your glib responses?

Mahesh

we'll each pick one and rock.

jokerdino

13:35

ok trying with true

Mahesh

@jokerdino try from gi.repository import Glib in python shell

jrg

i'm not as up-to-date on my python testing frameworks, but in ruby I can stub a response for an external API or something.

Mahesh

@jokerdino nope. you have to try it with a Glib.Variant type object.

not a string.

jokerdino

true fails. we should just use get_boolean :P

Mahesh

@jrg stub?

jrg

13:36

that way i just import the response, and not the actual library, since the library can break.

Amith KK

@jokerdino just use get_boolean

Mahesh

nope. lets try things better.

jrg

@Mahesh ok, guess it doesn't support that. ignore me.

Mahesh

you are talking of doctest.

Amith KK

@jrg I don't think the unit test framework supports stubbing. :D

Mahesh

13:37

well, the python counterpart is doctest.

Amith KK

@Mahesh Never used that :P

jrg

@AmithKK this is a lame testing framework. :P

Mahesh

@jokerdino open up a python shell.

jokerdino

you mean import GLib

then what?

jrg

anyway. i'll try and catch up on this stuff.

Mahesh

13:37

from gi.repository import GLib,Gio

jokerdino

okay

next?

Mahesh

a=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens").get_value("display-recent-apps")

jokerdino

a=Gio.Settings("com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens").get_value("display-recent-apps")
>>> print a
true

Mahesh

okay.

b=GLib.Variant(True)

print b

Amith KK

You need to assign Ninja'd

Mahesh

13:39

a==b

if thats a true, congratulate me.

jokerdino

 b=GLib.Variant(True)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __new__() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)

Mahesh

great.

dig up its constructor.

jokerdino

wut?

Mahesh

dig up documentation for GLib.Variant

jokerdino

developer.gnome.org/glib/2.32/glib-GVariant.html

Amith KK

13:45

live.gnome.org/PyGObject#Documentation

we should use this :P

jokerdino

hm, fire drill

fire drill. bye!

Mahesh

b=GLib.Variant('b',True)

@jokerdino enjoy. :P

Amith KK

@jokerdino bye

happy fire drill

Grr

jokerdino

b=GLib.Variant('b',True)
>>> a==b
True

Mahesh

you know what? this is one of the most horribly undocumented areas

@jokerdino Thanks. :D

Amith KK

13:46

yeah

I approve

jokerdino

okay. good luck

bbl

Mahesh

and look how readable this page is

Amith KK

Mahesh

@jrg we were working with nearly zero documentation support. any ideas?

jokerdino

okay, someone turned off the fire alarm, i am back

jrg

13:48

Write documentation for the next guy?

Mahesh

yay!!!!

@jrg bah

Amith KK

Aww screw this

jrg

Ok, re-reading

Amith KK

we're writing a huge blog post after this

jokerdino

now i congratulate you. what next @mah?

Mahesh

13:49

@jokerdino @jokerdino okay. Use my beautiful dict to see defaults.

reset as we did.

jokerdino

gimme code

Mahesh

then while asserting true,

jrg

@Mahesh: so you got it working (after a fashion), right?

Mahesh

aaarrrrgh.

wait then.

Amith KK

@jrg yeah :D

Mahesh

13:49

@jrg yup. its all working now.

jokerdino

ok real f-ing fire

OH MY GOD

Amith KK

@jokerdino RUN

jokerdino

BBBBBBYE

Amith KK

RUN LIKE THE WIND

be safe

bye @jokerdino

jrg

Be safe @jokerdino

Mahesh

13:57

what? real fire??? o_O

hmm.. okay.

@AmithKK pull it and write some more methods in similar way.

@jrg you can help us here.

jrg

who has a copy of the latest code, and can i git clone it?

Amith KK

@jrg yep

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