import nose.tools as nt from IPython.core.error import TryNext from IPython.lib.clipboard import ClipboardEmpty from IPython.testing.decorators import skip_if_no_x11 @skip_if_no_x11 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, str)