From a7777a049dab6e3d4b99f8259ebfa39a31d32ae8 2013-11-04 19:17:03
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-11-04 19:17:03
Subject: [PATCH] Add simple smoketest for clipboard access

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diff --git a/IPython/lib/tests/test_clipboard.py b/IPython/lib/tests/test_clipboard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb9a29
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+++ b/IPython/lib/tests/test_clipboard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import nose.tools as nt
+
+from IPython.core.error import TryNext
+from IPython.lib.clipboard import ClipboardEmpty
+from IPython.utils.py3compat import unicode_type
+
+def test_clipboard_get():
+    # Smoketest for clipboard access - we can't easily guarantee that the
+    # clipboard is accessible and has something on it, but this tries to
+    # exercise the relevant code anyway.
+    try:
+        a = get_ipython().hooks.clipboard_get()
+    except ClipboardEmpty:
+        # Nothing in clipboard to get
+        pass
+    except TryNext:
+        # No clipboard access API available
+        pass
+    else:
+        nt.assert_is_instance(a, unicode_type)