tests/auto/guiapplauncher/README.txt
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This test launches gui applications (tools, demos and prominent examples),
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keeps them running a while (grabbing their top level from the window manager) 
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and sends them a Close event via window manager. 
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It checks that they do not crash nor produce unexpected error output.
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Note: Do not play with the machine while it is running as otherwise
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the top-level find algorithm might get confused (especially on Windows).
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Environment variables are checked to turned off some tests (see code).
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It is currently implemented for X11 (Skips unless DISPLAY is set) and
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Windows, pending an implementation of the WindowManager class and deployment
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on the other platforms.