Testing the latest features

Testing Audacity is one of the best ways to find bugs. 
You can download the latest nightly from https://audacityteam.org/nightly.
When you do find something that breaks, make sure to file a bug!
Audacity comes with some tools to aid you with testing.
Tools
Macros
See https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html - these can make it easier for you to do repeated tasks.
Journaling
Journaling is a feature that records all your actions and lets you replay them. 
1.start Audacity in journaling mode, <<TODO: HOW??>> do a certain task, and then close Audacity again. This will generate a journal file, which you can find in <<WHERE>>. 
2.Copy the journal file to a new folder (eg: QA-tests) and name it so that you can easily find it again. 
3.Launch Audacity from the command line, like this:
Windows
macOS
Linux
audacity.exe -j QA-tests\yourtest.txt
audacity -j QA-tests/yourtest.txt
audacity -j QA-tests/yourtest.txt
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