IPython/frontend/qt/console/tests/test_console_widget.py

# Standard library imports
import unittest

# System library imports
from IPython.external.qt import QtGui

# Local imports
from IPython.frontend.qt.console.console_widget import ConsoleWidget


class TestConsoleWidget(unittest.TestCase):

    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        """ Create the application for the test case.
        """
        cls._app = QtGui.QApplication.instance()
        if cls._app is None:
            cls._app = QtGui.QApplication([])
        cls._app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)

    @classmethod
    def tearDownClass(cls):
        """ Exit the application.
        """
        QtGui.QApplication.quit()

    def test_special_characters(self):
        """ Are special characters displayed correctly?
        """
        w = ConsoleWidget()
        cursor = w._get_prompt_cursor()

        test_inputs = ['xyz\b\b=\n', 'foo\b\nbar\n', 'foo\b\nbar\r\n', 'abc\rxyz\b\b=']
        expected_outputs = [u'x=z\u2029', u'foo\u2029bar\u2029', u'foo\u2029bar\u2029', 'x=z']
        for i, text in enumerate(test_inputs):
            w._insert_plain_text(cursor, text)
            cursor.select(cursor.Document)
            selection = cursor.selectedText()
            self.assertEquals(expected_outputs[i], selection)
            # clear all the text
            cursor.insertText('')