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Add a bit of test running arcana to the faq 

Running just one dynamically generated test can be a bit confusing
so some advice is added to the faq. At some point this should
probably be intergrated into the mainline docs.
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@ -21,6 +21,32 @@ Is gabbi only for testing Python-based APIs?
No, you can use :doc:`gabbi-run <runner>` to test an HTTP service
built in any programming language.
How do I run just one test?
---------------------------
Each YAML file contains a sequence of tests, each test within each file has a
name. That name is translated to the name of the test by replacing spaces with
an ``_``.
When running tests that are :doc:`generated dynamically <loader>`, filtering
based on the test name prior to the test being collected will not work in some
test runners. Test runners that use a ``--load-list`` functionality can be
convinced to filter after discovery.
`pytest` does this directly with the ``-k`` keyword flag.
When using testrepository with tox as used in gabbi's own tests it is possible
to pass a filter in the tox command::
tox -epy27 -- get_the_widget
When using ``testtools.run`` and similar test runners it's a bit more
complicated. It is necessary to provide the full name of the test as a list to
``--load-list``::
python -m testtools.run --load-list \
<(echo package.tests.test_api.yamlfile_get_the_widge.test_request)
Testing Style
~~~~~~~~~~~~~