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+'''test by running example scripts
+'''
+from __future__ import division        # new in 2.2, redundant in 3.0
+from __future__ import absolute_import # new in 2.5, redundant in 2.7/3.0
+from __future__ import print_function  # new in 2.6, redundant in 3.0
+
+import os
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+
+#import py.test as test
+
+
+def test_examples():
+    '''run non-gui example scripts and check they exit successfully.
+    '''
+    os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'examples'))
+    for f in (x for x in os.listdir('.') if x.endswith('.py')):
+        retcode = subprocess.call('python %s' % f, shell=True)
+        assert retcode == 0, 'Error: {0} retcode == {1}'.format(f, retcode)
+
+
+def test_snippets_png():
+    '''run all snippets in png mode and check they exit successfully.
+    '''
+    os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'examples',
+                          'cairo_snippets'))
+    retcode = subprocess.call('python snippets_png.py -s', shell=True)
+    assert retcode == 0, 'Error: retcode == {0}'.format(retcode)