macro recording

[jchilds0]

I would like to automate testing UI interactions to avoid regressions when changing core components like the document widget. The following adds shortcuts to record and playback a macro, which contains keystrokes, assertions and breakpoints. There'll be more documentation and an example of using this in the Zathura PR. This could also form the basis for a macro system in Zathura similar to Vim macros.

Something I found while testing was in simulate_key_press from the feedkeys shortcut, gtk wouldn't always finish "processing" an event (e.g. more events remaining) before starting the next one leading to improper behaviour. Using

do {
    g_main_context_iteration(NULL, FALSE);
  } while (g_main_context_pending(NULL));

instead of gtk_main_iteration_do(FALSE) seems to help this, since it'll wait until there are not more events before moving on to the next key event.

[sebastinas]

Just to give an update here: I am thinking of moving all the gtk bits to zathura proper. At this point, the split is mostly historical.