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+# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Bastian Kleineidam
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+import unittest
+import sys
+from tests import has_pyqt
+from nose import SkipTest
+
+class TestGui (unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test OMT GUI client."""
+
+    def test_gui (self):
+        if not has_pyqt():
+            raise SkipTest()
+        from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, QtTest
+        from linkcheck.gui import LinkCheckerMain
+        app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
+        window = LinkCheckerMain()
+        window.show()
+        QtTest.QTest.mouseClick(window.controlButton, QtCore.Qt.LeftButton)