Lumacs/documentation/history/PHASE3_TEST.md

Phase 3 Testing Guide: Enhanced Editing

This document outlines how to test the new Phase 3 features.

Prerequisites

Build the project:

cd /Users/user/Projects/lumacs
cmake --build build

Start editor with a test file:

./build/lumacs test_highlight.lua

1. Word Operations

Kill Word (M-d)

1. Place cursor at the beginning of a word (e.g., "local").
2. Press M-d (Meta+d or ESC then d).
3. Expected: The word "local" is deleted.
4. Move cursor elsewhere and press C-y.
5. Expected: "local" is pasted (yanked).

Backward Kill Word (M-Backspace)

1. Place cursor at the end of a word.
2. Press M-Backspace (Meta+Backspace or ESC then Backspace).
3. Expected: The word before cursor is deleted.
4. Press C-y.
5. Expected: Deleted word is pasted.

2. Case Conversion

Word Case (M-u, M-l, M-c)

1. Type "hello world".
2. Cursor at start of "hello".
3. Press M-u (upcase-word).
   • Expected: "HELLO world", cursor after "HELLO".
4. Press M-l (downcase-word).
   • Expected: "hello world", cursor after "world" (since it moved forward).
5. Move back to start. Press M-c (capitalize-word).
   • Expected: "Hello world".

Region Case (C-x C-u, C-x C-l)

1. Select "Hello World" (using C-@ and movement).
2. Press C-x C-u.
   • Expected: "HELLO WORLD".
3. Select again. Press C-x C-l.
   • Expected: "hello world".

3. Commenting (M-;)

1. Open a lua file (e.g., test_highlight.lua).
2. Place cursor on a line of code.
3. Press M-;.
   • Expected: Line is commented (-- code).
4. Press M-; again.
   • Expected: Line is uncommented.
5. Select multiple lines.
6. Press M-;.
   • Expected: All lines commented.
7. Press M-; again.
   • Expected: All lines uncommented.

4. Incremental Search (C-s, C-r)

Forward Search (C-s)

1. Press C-s. Status line should show [I-SEARCH].
2. Type "fun".
   • Expected: Cursor moves to first "fun", match highlighted in green.
   • Minibuffer shows "I-search: fun".
3. Press C-s again.
   • Expected: Moves to next occurrence.
4. Press Backspace.
   • Expected: Goes back to "fu" search result.
5. Press RET.
   • Expected: Search ends, cursor stays at match.

Backward Search (C-r)

1. Go to end of buffer (M->).
2. Press C-r. Status shows [I-SEARCH].
3. Type "local".
   • Expected: Finds last "local" in file.
4. Press C-r again.
   • Expected: Finds previous occurrence.
5. Press C-g (or ESC).
   • Expected: Cancel search, cursor returns to start position (end of buffer).

Debugging

Check lumacs_debug.log for details.