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+/*
+Fast test runner that boots the test edition and runs selected test specs.
+Skips the expensive --rendertiddler step from --build index.
+
+Usage:
+  node test-parser-quick.js [test-files...]
+
+Examples:
+  node test-parser-quick.js                                     # Run ALL specs
+  node test-parser-quick.js test-wikitext-parser                # Run one spec file
+  node test-parser-quick.js test-wikitext-parser test-filters   # Run multiple spec files
+*/
+
+"use strict";
+
+var $tw = require("../../boot/boot.js").TiddlyWiki();
+
+$tw.boot.argv = ["editions/test"];
+
+// Disable startup modules that aren't needed for tests
+$tw.boot.disabledStartupModules = [
+	"favicon", "password", "browser-messaging", "info",
+	"render", "rootwidget", "story", "windows"
+];
+
+$tw.boot.boot(function() {
+	var args = process.argv.slice(2);
+	var allTests = $tw.wiki.filterTiddlers("[all[tiddlers+shadows]type[application/javascript]tag[$:/tags/test-spec]]");
+
+	// Filter test tiddlers if arguments provided
+	var testsToRun;
+	if(args.length > 0) {
+		testsToRun = allTests.filter(function(title) {
+			return args.some(function(arg) {
+				return title.toLowerCase().indexOf(arg.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
+			});
+		});
+		if(testsToRun.length === 0) {
+			console.error("No test files matched: " + args.join(", "));
+			console.error("Available test files:");
+			allTests.forEach(function(t) { console.error("  " + t); });
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		testsToRun = allTests;
+	}
+
+	// Override the test filter to only include our selected tests
+	var titlesSet = Object.create(null);
+	testsToRun.forEach(function(t) { titlesSet[t] = true; });
+
+	var origFilterTiddlers = $tw.wiki.filterTiddlers.bind($tw.wiki);
+	$tw.wiki.filterTiddlers = function(filterString) {
+		var result = origFilterTiddlers.apply(null, arguments);
+		if(filterString.indexOf("$:/tags/test-spec") !== -1) {
+			return result.filter(function(t) { return titlesSet[t]; });
+		}
+		return result;
+	};
+
+	console.log("Running " + testsToRun.length + " of " + allTests.length + " test files");
+
+	// Use the jasmine plugin's own runTests function
+	var jasmine = $tw.modules.execute("$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/jasmine/jasmine-plugin.js");
+	jasmine.runTests(function(err) {
+		if(err) {
+			console.error(err);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	});
+});