diff --git a/test/testRender.c b/test/testRender.c
index 9244f68..58d86ca 100644
--- a/test/testRender.c
+++ b/test/testRender.c
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #define myUNI	"psyc://10.100.1000/~ludwig"
 
 /* example renderer generating a presence packet */
-int writePresence(const char *avail, int availlen, const char *desc, int desclen)
+int testPresence(const char *avail, int availlen, const char *desc, int desclen, const char *rendered)
 {
 	psycModifier routing[] = {
-		psyc_newModifier2(C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET, PSYC_C2ARG("_source"), PSYC_C2ARG(myUNI),
-		                  PSYC_MODIFIER_ROUTING),
+//		psyc_newModifier2(C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET, PSYC_C2ARG("_source"), PSYC_C2ARG(myUNI),
+//		                  PSYC_MODIFIER_ROUTING),
 		psyc_newModifier2(C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET, PSYC_C2ARG("_context"), PSYC_C2ARG(myUNI),
 		                  PSYC_MODIFIER_ROUTING),
 	};
@@ -33,41 +33,17 @@ int writePresence(const char *avail, int availlen, const char *desc, int desclen
 
 	char buffer[512];
 	psyc_render(&packet, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-	write(0, buffer, packet.length);
-
-/*
-	psycRenderState *pb; // a chunk of mem will host both struct and buf1
-//	char *t;
-//	unsigned int l;
-
-	unless (availlen) availlen = strlen(avail);
-	unless (desclen) desclen = strlen(desc);
-
-	if (!(pb = malloc(512))) {
-		P0(("Out of memory\n"))
-		return -1;
-	}
-//	if (psyc_initBuffer(pb, WHATEVER)) die("psyc_initBuffer hates me");
-
-	(void) psyc_renderModifier(pb, "_context", 0,
-				 myUNI, sizeof(myUNI), PSYC_RENDER_ROUTING, 0);
-
-	// the first call to psyc_renderHeader() without PSYC_RENDER_ROUTING adds the
-	// extra newline to the buffer. later vars with PSYC_RENDER_ROUTING cause an error.
-	(void) psyc_renderModifier(pb, "_degree_availability", 0, avail, availlen, 0, C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN);
-	(void) psyc_renderModifier(pb, "_description_presence", 0, desc, desclen, 0, C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN);
-	// presence is to be assigned permanently in distributed state
-
-	(void) psyc_renderBody(pb, "_notice_presence", 0,
-				   NULL, 0);  // no data in packet
-//	(void) psyc_doneRender(pb, &t, &l);
-//	write(stdout, t, l);
-	free(pb);
-*/
-	return 0;
+	// write(0, buffer, packet.length);
+	return strncmp(rendered, buffer, packet.length);
 }
 
-
 int main() {
-	return writePresence(PSYC_C2ARG("_here"), PSYC_C2ARG("I'm omnipresent right now"));
+	return testPresence(PSYC_C2ARG("_here"), PSYC_C2ARG("I'm omnipresent right now"), "\
+:_context\tpsyc://10.100.1000/~ludwig\n\
+\n\
+=_degree_availability\t_here\n\
+=_description_presence\tI'm omnipresent right now\n\
+_notice_presence\n\
+|\n");
+
 }