template for tox-based testing for emacs

setup.py

from distutils.core import setup

setup(name="magit",
      version='0',
  )

tox.ini

[tox]
envlist =
  emacs23,emacs24,emacs-snapshot

[testenv]
deps =
  virtualenv-emacs

[testenv:emacs23]
commands =
  virtualenv_install_emacs --with-emacs="{env:EMACS23}" --with-env={envdir} --marmalade
  elpa-get mocker cl-lib
  make test

[testenv:emacs24]
commands =
  virtualenv_install_emacs --with-emacs="{env:EMACS24}" --with-env={envdir} --marmalade
  elpa-get mocker cl-lib
  make test

[testenv:emacs-snapshot]
commands =
  virtualenv_install_emacs --with-emacs="{env:EMACSSNAPSHOT}" --with-env={envdir} --marmalade
  elpa-get mocker cl-lib
  make test

Great! How about something like this?

[tox]
envlist =
  emacs23,emacs24,emacs-snapshot

[testenv]
deps =
  virtualenv-emacs
commands =
  virtualenv_install_emacs --with-emacs="{env:BASEEMACS}" --with-env={envdir} --marmalade
  elpa-get mocker cl-lib
  emacs [] -Q -l tests/run-test.el

[testenv:emacs23]
setenv =
  BASEEMACS=emacs23

[testenv:emacs24]
setenv =
  BASEEMACS=emacs24

[testenv:emacs-snapshot]
setenv =
  BASEEMACS=emacs-snapshot

I just noticed that the problem is byte-compilation. It would be nice if there is a script to install the project (e.g., magit) under virtualenv. This way you don't suffer from incompatible byte compiled files.