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+;;; gnustest-nntp.el --- Simple NNTP testing for Gnus
+;; Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: David Engster <dengste@eml.cc>
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This test will
+;;
+;; - Fire up Gnus
+;; - Connect to Gmane
+;; - Subscribe to gmane.discuss
+;; - Get its active info
+;; - Get one specific article by message-id and check its subject
+;; - Quit Gnus
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'ert)
+(require 'net-utils)
+
+(defvar gnustest-nntp-server "news.gmane.org"
+ "NNTP server used for testing.")
+
+(defun gnustest-ping-host (host)
+ "Ping HOST once and return non-nil if successful."
+ (let* ((ping-program-options '("-c" "1"))
+ (buf (ping host))
+ proc)
+ (sleep-for 0.5)
+ (with-current-buffer buf
+ (accept-process-output (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) 2)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (prog1
+ (re-search-forward ",[ ]*1.*?received,[ ]*0" nil t)
+ (when (setq proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
+ (set-process-query-on-exit-flag proc nil))
+ (kill-buffer)))))
+
+(setq gnus-home-directory (concat temporary-file-directory (make-temp-name "gnus-test-")))
+(message "***** Using %s as temporary Gnus home." gnus-home-directory)
+(mkdir gnus-home-directory)
+(setq-default gnus-init-file nil)
+
+(require 'gnus-load)
+
+(setq gnus-select-method `(nntp ,gnustest-nntp-server))
+
+
+(if (null (gnustest-ping-host gnustest-nntp-server))
+ (message "***** Skipping tests: Gmane doesn't seem to be available.")
+ ;; Server seems to be available, so start Gnus.
+ (message "***** Firing up Gnus; connecting to Gmane.")
+ (gnus)
+
+ (ert-deftest gnustest-nntp-run-simple-test ()
+ "Test Gnus with gmane.discuss."
+ (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
+ (gnus-group-jump-to-group "gmane.discuss")
+ (gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group 1)
+ (gnus-active "gmane.discuss")
+ (message "***** Reading active from gmane.discuss.")
+ (should (> (car (gnus-active "gmane.discuss")) 0))
+ (should (> (cdr (gnus-active "gmane.discuss")) 10000))
+ (gnus-group-unsubscribe-current-group)
+ (gnus-group-set-current-level 1 1)
+ (gnus-group-select-group 5)
+ (message "***** Getting article with certain MID and check subject.")
+ (set-buffer gnus-summary-buffer)
+ (gnus-summary-refer-article "m3mxr8pa1t.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org")
+ (should (string= (gnus-summary-article-subject) "Re: gwene idea: strip from from subject if present"))
+ (gnus-summary-exit)
+ (message "***** Quitting Gnus.")
+ (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
+ (gnus-group-save-newsrc)
+ (gnus-group-exit))
+)