http://www.movesonrails.com/articles/2008/02/06/autotest-100-cpu-solution en-us 40 New ways to look at software <p>Autotest is great, but when it is waiting for test, my MacBook turns into a whirlwind as autotest takes 100% CPU. After looking at autotest.rb, we easily find the waiting function:</p> <pre><code>def wait_for_changes hook :waiting Kernel.sleep self.sleep until find_files_to_test end </code></pre> <p>As self.sleep is defaulted to 1 it means that my laptop does not sleep at all. Changing this is quite easy, as you can just add this to your .autotest file in your home directory:</p> <pre><code>Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at| at.sleep = 5 end </code></pre> <p>Experiment with the amount to determine what works for you. Offcourse autotest will now react slower to you changes, but hey: you can't have everything. Enjoy the silence!</p> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:42:00 +0100 urn:uuid:66b85026-b2bb-4003-8906-21d0cb54b7cf bart.tenbrinke@movesonrails.com (Bart ten Brinke) http://www.movesonrails.com/articles/2008/02/06/autotest-100-cpu-solution Rails Ruby Rspec autotest Rspec 100 Cpu