Merge branch 'master' of git.lyx.org:lyx

[lyx.git] / lib / doc / Development.lyx

diff --git a/lib/doc/Development.lyx b/lib/doc/Development.lyx
index 170bb7c6ddcf59f7b98cb7a9685d0d9a256a72e7..cbf4f5b3b5f943285729fd54118450b7ad743679 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/doc/Development.lyx
+++ b/lib/doc/Development.lyx
@@ -564,49 +564,39 @@ python development/tools/updatedocs.py
 \end_inset
 
 .
- Then, revert the change to 
+ Look at the resulting changes using the command 
 \begin_inset Flex Code
 status collapsed
 
 \begin_layout Plain Layout
-LFUNs.lyx
+git diff
 \end_layout
 
 \end_inset
 
- because that file is meant to be generated separately: 
+.
+ If anything looks surprising, please investigate.
+ Keep in mind that the case of 
 \begin_inset Flex Code
 status collapsed
 
 \begin_layout Plain Layout
-git checkout lib/doc/LFUNs.lyx
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Note Note
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-TODO: this step should be done within updatedocs.py
+LFUNs.lyx
 \end_layout
 
 \end_inset
 
-.
- Look at the resulting changes using the command 
+ is special, because it is first generated with 
 \begin_inset Flex Code
 status collapsed
 
 \begin_layout Plain Layout
-git diff
+gen_lfuns.py
 \end_layout
 
 \end_inset
 
-.
- If anything looks surprising, please investigate.
+ before being converted to the latest format.
  Finally, commit using 
 \begin_inset Flex Code
 status collapsed
@@ -2072,7 +2062,6 @@ We are still working on getting the tests to run in parallel.
  pass when run sequentially.
  A reasonable approach is to first run the tests in parallel and then run
  the failed tests sequentially.
- 
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Standard
@@ -2107,6 +2096,35 @@ rerun-failed
 
 \end_layout
 
+\begin_layout Standard
+When specifying a subset of the tests (e.g.
+ using 
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\SpecialChar nobreakdash
+R <pattern>
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+), the same subset must be specified when using the 
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\SpecialChar nobreakdash
+\SpecialChar nobreakdash
+rerun-failed
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ option because it is the test numbers that are used to index which tests
+ failed on the previous run.
+\end_layout
+
 \begin_layout Standard
 \noindent
 Note that some tests cannot be run in parallel.