Refactor transcript from history implementation and test

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_transcript.py b/tests/test_transcript.py
index 5fee1363..70658161 100644
--- a/tests/test_transcript.py
+++ b/tests/test_transcript.py
@@ -129,18 +129,16 @@ def test_transcript(request, capsys, filename, feedback_to_output):
 def test_history_transcript(request, capsys):
     app = CmdLineApp()
     app.stdout = StdOut()
-    run_cmd(app, 'help')
-    run_cmd(app, 'orate this is\na multiline\ncommand;\n')
+    run_cmd(app, 'orate this is\na /multiline/\ncommand;\n')
     run_cmd(app, 'speak /tmp/file.txt is not a regex')
 
-    # Get location of the expected transcript
-    test_dir = os.path.dirname(request.module.__file__)
-    expected_fname = os.path.join(test_dir, 'transcripts', 'expected_history.txt')
-    with open(expected_fname) as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-    # trim off the first 7 lines so we can have a comment in the
-    # expected_history.txt file explaining what it is
-    expected = ''.join(lines[7:])
+    expected = r"""(Cmd) orate this is
+> a /multiline/
+> command;
+this is a \/multiline\/ command
+(Cmd) speak /tmp/file.txt is not a regex
+\/tmp\/file.txt is not a regex
+"""
 
     # make a tmp file
     fd, history_fname = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='', suffix='.txt')
diff --git a/tests/transcripts/expected_history.txt b/tests/transcripts/expected_history.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ba2d94ce..00000000
--- a/tests/transcripts/expected_history.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# this file contains the expected output of a 'history -t' command.
-# Because the help command outputs trailing spaces, this file
-# contains trailing spaces. Don't mess it up with your editor
-# which may be configured to trim trailing spaces
-# The first 7 lines of this file are stripped out by the
-# test case before comparing the actual output with
-# the contents of this file.
-(Cmd) help
-
-Documented commands (type help <topic>):
-========================================
-alias  help     load    orate  pyscript  say  shell      speak  
-edit   history  mumble  py     quit      set  shortcuts  unalias
-
-(Cmd) orate this is
-> a multiline
-> command;
-this is a multiline command
-(Cmd) speak /tmp/file.txt is not a regex
-\/tmp\/file.txt is not a regex