rspec users - Aug 2007 - RSpec --format --html:/path/to/file.html

Greetings everyone.  I''m learning RSpec and am pretty fresh to
Ruby/Rails,
but am so excited I can''t help jumping in.  I''m running before
I can walk
here.  :-)

Yesterday I tried outputting test results to HTML instead of colorized
plain text.  It looked like there were some entries in the change log for
the 1.0.5 release allowing RSpec to do what I wanted.

I tried adding a setting to spec.opts but it didn''t work to say the
least.
 Here''s the change log entry:

* The --out option is gone. Use --format html:path/to/my.html instead (or
similar).

1.  Does this do what I think it should?
2.  where can I find documentation on using spec.opts?  The command line
help doesn''t mention a "--format" option.

It looks like CI::Reporter [could] output XML format but can it be used
independently?

I''m mining the documentation for related information but
didn''t find it so
far.

Thank you for your help in advance.

On 8/17/07, Cody P. Skidmore <cody at skidmore.us>
wrote:
> Greetings everyone.  I''m learning RSpec and am pretty fresh to
Ruby/Rails,
> but am so excited I can''t help jumping in.  I''m running
before I can walk
> here.  :-)
>
> Yesterday I tried outputting test results to HTML instead of colorized
> plain text.  It looked like there were some entries in the change log for
> the 1.0.5 release allowing RSpec to do what I wanted.
>
> I tried adding a setting to spec.opts but it didn''t work to say
the least.
>  Here''s the change log entry:
>
> * The --out option is gone. Use --format html:path/to/my.html instead (or
> similar).
>
> 1.  Does this do what I think it should?

In spec.opts, each line represents one command line arg, so you''d have
to do this (on two separate lines):

--format
html:/path/to/my.html

Then on the command line:

spec spec -O path/to/spec.opts
> 2.  where can I find documentation on using spec.opts?  The command line
> help doesn''t mention a "--format" option.
Look at http://rspec.rubyforge.org/documentation/tools/spec.html. If
you scroll down you''ll see the output from the spec command. It
definitely mentions the --format option.

> It looks like CI::Reporter [could] output XML format but can it be used
> independently?
>
> I''m mining the documentation for related information but
didn''t find it so
> far.
>
> Thank you for your help in advance.
>
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On Aug 18, 2007, at 1:59 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> On 8/17/07, Cody P. Skidmore <cody at skidmore.us> wrote:
>> Greetings everyone.  I''m learning RSpec and am pretty fresh to
>> Ruby/Rails,
>> but am so excited I can''t help jumping in.  I''m
running before I
>> can walk
>> here.  :-)
>>
>> Yesterday I tried outputting test results to HTML instead of  
>> colorized
>> plain text.  It looked like there were some entries in the change  
>> log for
>> the 1.0.5 release allowing RSpec to do what I wanted.
>>
>> I tried adding a setting to spec.opts but it didn''t work to
say
>> the least.
>>  Here''s the change log entry:
>>
>> * The --out option is gone. Use --format html:path/to/my.html  
>> instead (or
>> similar).
>>
>> 1.  Does this do what I think it should?
>
>
> In spec.opts, each line represents one command line arg, so you''d
have
> to do this (on two separate lines):
>
Actually you can combine then in any way you choose.  This would work  
as well:

--format html:/foo/bar
> --format
> html:/path/to/my.html
>
> Then on the command line:
>
> spec spec -O path/to/spec.opts
>
>> 2.  where can I find documentation on using spec.opts?  The  
>> command line
>> help doesn''t mention a "--format" option.
>
> Look at http://rspec.rubyforge.org/documentation/tools/spec.html. If
> you scroll down you''ll see the output from the spec command. It
> definitely mentions the --format option.
>
>
>> It looks like CI::Reporter [could] output XML format but can it be  
>> used
>> independently?
>>
>> I''m mining the documentation for related information but
didn''t
>> find it so
>> far.
If you really wanted to dump to XML, I''m sure you could build your  
own formatter.  Check out the different defaults ones which come with  
rspec, under trunk/rspec/lib/spec/runner/formatter/

Scott

Scott Taylor wrote:
> Actually you can combine then in any way you choose.  This would work
> as well:
>
> --format html:/foo/bar
>
>> --format
>> html:/path/to/my.html
>>
>> Then on the command line:
>>
>> spec spec -O path/to/spec.opts

I was hesitant to bring this up again, but I couldn''t run it as you
described.  I''m running on Windows XP Pro instead of Linux or OSX, BTW.

When I shell out and execute it like this for example:

  spec spec -O spec\spec.opts

OR

  rake spec

It crashes and dumps a callstack out.  However, if it is run like this:

  spec spec --format html:c:\temp\testing.html

the tests run just fine outputting the results as expected.  If you''d
like, I can run it using --trace and post the callstack for you to look at
along with my spec.opts file.  It seems straight-forward to use RSpec as
described.  I haven''t had much success running specs using spec.opts
though.  The same error occurs using the Rake task or passing the options.

With Regards,

Cody

On 8/20/07, Cody P. Skidmore <cody at skidmore.us>
wrote:
> Scott Taylor wrote:
> > Actually you can combine then in any way you choose.  This would work
> > as well:
> >
> > --format html:/foo/bar
> >
> >> --format
> >> html:/path/to/my.html
> >>
> >> Then on the command line:
> >>
> >> spec spec -O path/to/spec.opts
>
>
> I was hesitant to bring this up again, but I couldn''t run it as
you
> described.  I''m running on Windows XP Pro instead of Linux or OSX,
BTW.
>
> When I shell out and execute it like this for example:
>
>   spec spec -O spec\spec.opts
>
> OR
>
>   rake spec
>
> It crashes and dumps a callstack out.
Can we see that call stack?
> However, if it is run like this:
>
>   spec spec --format html:c:\temp\testing.html
>
> the tests run just fine outputting the results as expected.  If
you''d
> like, I can run it using --trace and post the callstack for you to look at
Please do.

Aslak
> along with my spec.opts file.  It seems straight-forward to use RSpec as
> described.  I haven''t had much success running specs using
spec.opts
> though.  The same error occurs using the Rake task or passing the options.
>
> With Regards,
>
> Cody
>
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