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+# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+# Copyright 2015 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser 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 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser 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 qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# pylint: disable=protected-access
+
+"""Tests for qutebrowser.misc.guiprocess."""
+
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+import pytest
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QProcess
+
+from qutebrowser.misc import guiprocess
+
+
+# FIXME check statusbar messages
+
+
+def _py_proc(code):
+    """Get a python executable and args list which executes the given code."""
+    return (sys.executable, ['-c', textwrap.dedent(code.strip('\n'))])
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_modules(monkeypatch, stubs):
+    monkeypatch.setattr('qutebrowser.misc.guiprocess.message',
+                        stubs.MessageModule())
+
+
+@pytest.yield_fixture()
+def proc(qtbot):
+    """A fixture providing a GUIProcess and cleaning it up after the test."""
+    p = guiprocess.GUIProcess(0, 'test')
+    yield p
+    if p._proc.state() == QProcess.Running:
+        with qtbot.waitSignal(p.finished, timeout=2000) as blocker:
+            p._proc.terminate()
+        if not blocker.signal_triggered:
+            p._proc.kill()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def fake_proc(monkeypatch, stubs):
+    """A fixture providing a GUIProcess with a mocked QProcess."""
+    p = guiprocess.GUIProcess(0, 'test')
+    monkeypatch.setattr(p, '_proc', stubs.fake_qprocess())
+    return p
+
+
+def test_start(proc, qtbot):
+    """Test simply starting a process."""
+    with qtbot.waitSignals([proc.started, proc.finished], raising=True):
+        argv = _py_proc("import sys; print('test'); sys.exit(0)")
+        proc.start(*argv)
+
+    assert bytes(proc._proc.readAll()).rstrip(b'\n') == b'test'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('argv', [
+    _py_proc('import sys; sys.exit(0)'),
+    ('does_not', 'exist'),
+])
+def test_start_detached(fake_proc, argv):
+    """Test starting a detached process."""
+    fake_proc._proc.startDetached.return_value = (True, 0)
+    fake_proc.start_detached(*argv)
+    fake_proc._proc.startDetached.assert_called_with(*list(argv) + [None])
+
+
+def test_double_start(qtbot, proc):
+    """Test starting a GUIProcess twice."""
+    with qtbot.waitSignal(proc.started, raising=True):
+        argv = _py_proc("import time; time.sleep(10)")
+        proc.start(*argv)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        proc.start('', [])
+
+
+def test_double_start_finished(qtbot, proc):
+    """Test starting a GUIProcess twice (with the first call finished)."""
+    with qtbot.waitSignals([proc.started, proc.finished], raising=True):
+        argv = _py_proc("import sys; sys.exit(0)")
+        proc.start(*argv)
+    with qtbot.waitSignals([proc.started, proc.finished], raising=True):
+        argv = _py_proc("import sys; sys.exit(0)")
+        proc.start(*argv)
+
+
+def test_cmd_args(proc):
+    """Test the cmd and args attributes."""
+    cmd = 'does_not_exist'
+    args = ['arg1', 'arg2']
+    proc.start(cmd, args)
+    assert (proc.cmd, proc.args) == (cmd, args)
+
+
+def test_error(qtbot, proc):
+    """Test the process emitting an error."""
+    with qtbot.waitSignal(proc.error, raising=True):
+        proc.start('this_does_not_exist_either', [])
+
+
+def test_exit_unsuccessful(qtbot, proc):
+    with qtbot.waitSignal(proc.finished, raising=True):
+        proc.start(*_py_proc('import sys; sys.exit(0)'))