docs copyedit: Review toplevel and tests README.md files.

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Daniel Shahaf
2015-11-17 03:02:39 +00:00
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See the [main highlighter](../highlighters/main/test-data) for examples.
Each test should define the array parameter `$expected_region_highlight`.
The value of that parameter is a list of `"$i $j $style [$todo]"` strings.
The value of that parameter is a list of strings of the form `"$i $j $style"`.
or `"$i $j $style $todo"`.
Each string specifies the highlighting that `$BUFFER[$i,$j]` should have;
that is, `$i` and `$j` specify a range, 1-indexed, inclusive of both endpoints.
If `$todo` exists, the test point is marked as TODO (the failure of that test point will not fail the test), and `$todo` is used as the explanation.
If `$todo` exists, the test point is marked as TODO (the failure of that test
point will not fail the test), and `$todo` is used as the explanation.
_Note_: `$region_highlight` uses the same `"$i $j $style"` syntax but interprets the indexes differently.
**Note**: `$region_highlight` uses the same `"$i $j $style"` syntax but interprets the indexes differently.
**Isolation**: Each test is run in a separate subshell, so any variables, aliases, functions, etc.,
it defines will be visible to the tested code (that computes `$region_highlight`), but will not affect