Debug

pytest-tmux allow interative debugging by using --tmux-debug.

It will prompt you to :

• open the tmux session for the current test
• press enter to continue :
  • when calling tmux.send_keys()
  • when calling tmux.screen()
  • when calling tmux.row()
  • when the session is killed

A basic example of what you'll see

pytest --tmux-debug /tmp/test.py
================================================ test session starts =================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.7.16, pytest-7.2.1, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /tmp
plugins: tmux-0.0.1, libtmux-0.20.0
collected 1 item

/tmp/test.py

pytest-tmux started with DEBUG

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* Open a new window terminal and use the bellow command to connect to the tmux session *
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tmux -S "/tmp/pytest-of-rockandska/pytest-1138/tmux.socket" attach -t "test_test_send_keys" \; setw force-width 80 \; setw force-height 24

Press enter to continue....

Check tmux screen
Press enter to continue....

Send "ls" to tmux session
Press enter to continue....

Check tmux screen
Press enter to continue....
.
Closing session
Press enter to continue....
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