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@@ -160,12 +160,22 @@ To run KOReader on your development machine:
 ./kodev run
 ```
 
+To automatically set up a number of primarily luarocks-related environment variables:
+```
+./kodev activate
+```
+
 To run unit tests:
 ```
 ./kodev test base
 ./kodev test front
 ```
 
+To run a specific unit test (for test development):
+```
+./kodev test front readerbookmark_spec.lua
+```
+
 NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: `busted` and `ansicolors` from luarocks.
 
 To run Lua static analysis: