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+
+describe('button text', function() {
+
+  var settings = {};
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    affix('#cal');
+    settings = {
+      header: {
+        left: 'prevYear,prev,today,next,nextYear',
+        center: '',
+        right: 'month,basicWeek,basicDay,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
+      },
+      buttonIcons: {
+        prev: null,
+        next: null,
+        prevYear: null,
+        nextYear: null
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
+  describe('when lang is default', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      $('#cal').fullCalendar(settings);
+    });
+
+    it('should contain the default text values', function() {
+      expect($('.fc-button-today')).toContainText('today');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-next')).toContainText('next');
+      expect($('.fc-button-nextYear')).toContainText('next year');
+      expect($('.fc-button-prev')).toContainText('prev');
+      expect($('.fc-button-prevYear')).toContainText('prev year');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-month')).toContainText('month');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicWeek')).toContainText('week');
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaWeek')).toContainText('week');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicDay')).toContainText('day');
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaDay')).toContainText('day');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when buttonText is specified', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      settings.buttonText = {
+        prev: '<-',
+        next: '->',
+        prevYear: '<--',
+        nextYear: '-->',
+        today: 'tidei',
+        month: 'mun',
+        week: 'wiki',
+        day: 'dei'
+      }
+      $('#cal').fullCalendar(settings);
+    });
+    
+    it('should contain the specified text values', function() {
+      expect($('.fc-button-today')).toContainText('tidei');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-next')).toContainText('->');
+      expect($('.fc-button-nextYear')).toContainText('-->');
+      expect($('.fc-button-prev')).toContainText('<-');
+      expect($('.fc-button-prevYear')).toContainText('<--');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-month')).toContainText('mun');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaDay')).toContainText('dei');
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaWeek')).toContainText('wiki');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicDay')).toContainText('dei');
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicWeek')).toContainText('wiki');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when lang is not default', function() {
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      settings.lang = 'nl';
+      $('#cal').fullCalendar(settings);
+    });
+ 
+    it('should contain the default text values', function() {
+      expect($('.fc-button-today')).toContainText('Vandaag');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-month')).toContainText('Maand');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicWeek')).toContainText('Week');
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaWeek')).toContainText('Week');
+
+      expect($('.fc-button-basicDay')).toContainText('Dag');
+      expect($('.fc-button-agendaDay')).toContainText('Dag');
+    });
+  });
+
+});