Being a person with a keen auditory sense, I wanted my autotest to give me sonic feedback as well as colored growl images.

The sndplay utility I have compiled as a universal binary comes from snd (a handy app I used all the time when I was at CCRMA) sndplay has the nice feature of controlling the volume, which is important for toning down the annoyance factor.

Here are the fun audio files that I use in my .autotest. And here is the code:

require 'autotest/redgreen'

module Autotest::Growl
  def self.growl title, msg, img, pri=0, stick="" 
    system "growlnotify -n autotest --image #{img} -p #{pri} -m #{msg.inspect} #{title} #{stick}" 
  end

  Autotest.add_hook :ran_command do |at|
    output = at.results.to_s.slice(/(\d+).*errors/)
    if output =~ /ns.*[1-9]/
      system "~/bin/sndplay ~/Library/autotest/bonk.wav -volume 0.5" 
      growl "Test Results", "#{output}", '~/Library/autotest/rails_fail.png', 2 #, "-s" 
    else
      system "~/bin/sndplay ~/Library/autotest/om.aiff -volume 0.1"    
      growl "Test Results", "#{output}", '~/Library/autotest/rails_ok.png'
    end
  end
end

1/29/08 UPDATE: The autotest API has been updated to have sound playback hooks… examples here.

I got so hooked on redgreen autotest that I wanted to see green in my growl notifications. So I came up with this modification to Labrat’s advice on autotest and growl.

Greg and I decided we don’t like the sticky window for errors, hence we commented out the “-s” parameter. It took me awhile to realize that one can customize the display properties of different message priorities in the Growl control panel, but I prefer to change the image instead of the background color.

Add the following to your ~/.autotest file:

module Autotest::Growl
  def self.growl title, msg, img, pri=0, stick="" 
    system "growlnotify -n autotest --image #{img} -p #{pri} -m #{msg.inspect} #{title} #{stick}" 
  end

  Autotest.add_hook :ran_command do |at|
    output = at.results.slice(/(\d+).*errors/)
    if output =~ /ns.*[1-9]/
      growl "Test Results", "#{output}", '~/Library/autotest/rails_fail.png', 2 #, "-s" 
    else
      growl "Test Results", "#{output}", '~/Library/autotest/rails_ok.png'
    end
  end
end

(Note: also make sure you comment out the “require ‘autotest/growl’” line at the top, as this replaces it.)

Here are the images that I use:

   output = at.results.last.slice(/(\d+).*errors/)