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+'''test by running example scripts
+'''
+import os
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+
+import cairo
+#import py.test as test
+
+
+def test_snippets():
+  '''Run all snippets in png,pdf,ps,svg mode and check they exit successfully.
+  This will create *.{pdf,png,ps,svg} output files in
+  examples/cairo_snippets/snippets/
+  '''
+  def doSnippets(name):
+    retcode = subprocess.call('python %s -s' % name, shell=True)
+    assert retcode == 0, 'Error: retcode == {0}'.format(retcode)
+
+  os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'examples',
+                        'cairo_snippets'))
+  if cairo.HAS_PDF_SURFACE:
+    doSnippets('snippets_pdf.py')
+  if cairo.HAS_IMAGE_SURFACE and cairo.HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS:
+    doSnippets('snippets_png.py')
+  if cairo.HAS_PS_SURFACE:
+    doSnippets('snippets_ps.py')
+  if cairo.HAS_SVG_SURFACE:
+    doSnippets('snippets_svg.py')