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bpo-25588: Document autotest in idle_test/README.txt. (#4000) 

Follow-up to Victor's patch that enabled autotest to run in IDLE's Shell.
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@ -144,9 +144,18 @@ green. Idle tests must not disturb the environment in a way that makes
other tests fail (issue 18081).
To run an individual Testcase or test method, extend the dotted name
given to unittest on the command line.
given to unittest on the command line or use the test -m option. The
latter allows use of other regrtest options. When using the latter,
all components of the pattern must be present, but any can be replaced
by '*'.
python -m unittest -v idlelib.idle_test.test_xyz.Test_case.test_meth
python -m test -m idlelib.idle_test.text_xyz.Test_case.test_meth test_idle
The test suite can be run in an IDLE user process from Shell.
>>> import test.autotest # Issue 25588, 2017/10/13, 3.6.4, 3.7.0a2.
There are currently failures not usually present, and this does not
work when run from the editor.
4. Human-mediated Tests