Remove dependencies on requirements files and generate when needed

docs/source/technical/tests.rst

@@ -4,23 +4,12 @@
 Running Tests
 *************
 
+.. _uv: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
+
 The novelWriter source code is well covered by tests. The test framework used for the development
 is ``pytest`` with the use of an extension for Qt.
 
 
-Dependencies
-============
-
-The dependencies for running the tests can be installed with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
-
-This will install a couple of extra packages for coverage and test management. The minimum
-requirement is ``pytest`` and ``pytest-qt``.
-
-
 Simple Test Run
 ===============
 
@@ -28,19 +17,35 @@ To run the tests, you simply need to execute the following from the root of the
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pytest
+   uv run pytest
+
+This uses uv_. See below for manually installing dependencies using ``pip``.
 
 Since several of the tests involve opening up the novelWriter GUI, you may want to disable the GUI
 for the duration of the test run. Moving your mouse while the tests are running may otherwise
 interfere with the execution of some tests.
 
-You can disable the renderring of the GUI by setting the flag ``QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen``:
+You can disable the rendering of the GUI by setting the flag ``QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen pytest
 
 
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+To run generate the requirements file and install using ``pip``, run:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   python pkgutils.py gen-req app test
+   pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+
+This will install a couple of extra packages for coverage and test management. The minimum
+requirement is ``pytest`` and ``pytest-qt``.
+
+
 Advanced Options
 ================