Skip PasteBuffer/Clipboard unit tests if appropriate CLI utilities are not available

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_cmd2.py b/tests/test_cmd2.py
index 02157316..84d48c82 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd2.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd2.py
@@ -418,30 +418,30 @@ def test_pipe_to_shell(base_app):
     assert out[0].strip() == expected[0].strip()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not cmd2.can_clip,
+                    reason="CLI utility for interacting with PasteBuffer/ClipBoard is not installed")
 def test_send_to_paste_buffer(base_app):
     from cmd2 import can_clip
 
     run_cmd(base_app, 'help >')
     expected = normalize(BASE_HELP)
 
-    # If an appropriate tool is installed for reading the contents of the clipboard, then do so
-    if can_clip:
-        # Read from the clipboard
-        try:
-            # Python2
-            import Tkinter as tk
-        except ImportError:
-            # Python3
-            import tkinter as tk
+    # Read from the clipboard
+    try:
+        # Python2
+        import Tkinter as tk
+    except ImportError:
+        # Python3
+        import tkinter as tk
 
-        root = tk.Tk()
-        # keep the window from showing
-        root.withdraw()
+    root = tk.Tk()
+    # keep the window from showing
+    root.withdraw()
 
-        # read the clipboard
-        c = root.clipboard_get()
+    # read the clipboard
+    c = root.clipboard_get()
 
-        assert normalize(c) == expected
+    assert normalize(c) == expected
 
 
 def test_base_timing(base_app, capsys):
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ def test_cmdloop_without_rawinput():
     assert out == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not cmd2.can_clip,
+                    reason="CLI utility for interacting with PasteBuffer/ClipBoard is not installed")
 def test_pastebuffer_read_and_write():
     text_to_pb = 'This is a test ...'
     cmd2.write_to_paste_buffer(text_to_pb)