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Fix docs on traceback styles #1417

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Add auto to tb styles (new default since v2.6)
hackebrot Feb 27, 2016
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Update changelog with traceback style docs fix
hackebrot Feb 27, 2016
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion CHANGELOG.rst
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* Fix formatting utf-8 explanation messages (`#1379`_).
Thanks `@biern`_ for the PR.

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* Fix `traceback style docs`_ to describe all of the available options
(auto/long/short/line/native/no), with `auto` being the default since v2.6.
Thanks `@hackebrot`_ for the PR.

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.. _`traceback style docs`: https://pytest.org/latest/usage.html#modifying-python-traceback-printing

.. _#1379: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1379
.. _#1366: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1366
.. _#1040: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1040
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.. _@tomviner: https://github.com/tomviner
.. _@RonnyPfannschmidt: https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt
.. _@rabbbit: https://github.com/rabbbit
.. _@hackebrot: https://github.com/hackebrot

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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions doc/en/usage.rst
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py.test --showlocals # show local variables in tracebacks
py.test -l # show local variables (shortcut)

py.test --tb=long # the default informative traceback formatting
py.test --tb=native # the Python standard library formatting
py.test --tb=short # a shorter traceback format
py.test --tb=auto # (default) 'long' tracebacks for the first and last
# entry, but 'short' style for the other entries
py.test --tb=long # exhaustive, informative traceback formatting
py.test --tb=short # shorter traceback format
py.test --tb=line # only one line per failure
py.test --tb=native # Python standard library formatting
py.test --tb=no # no traceback at all

Dropping to PDB_ (Python Debugger) on failures
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