--- a/tests/unit.py	Mon Mar 26 13:19:55 2012 -0700
+++ b/tests/unit.py	Mon Mar 26 13:54:43 2012 -0700
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 
-import example # example configuration to test
+from example import ExampleConfiguration # example configuration to test
 
 # globals
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
 class configurationUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_configuration(self):
-        
+        example = ExampleConfiguration()
+
+        # parse command line arguments
+        options, args = example.parse(['-a', 'ts', '--develop', '-e', '/home/jhammel/bin/firefox'])
+        self.assertEqual(bool(args), False) # no arguments
+        self.assertEqual(options.develop, True)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()