Document testing within the real Plasma shell

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@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ Be aware that `plasmoidviewer` will revert Plasmoid-specific settings to the def
startup. So it is not possible to test restoring/saving settings using it.
For this use case, `plasmawindowed` can be used instead.
## Testing within the real Plasma shell
Some issues are only reproducible within the actual Plasma shell. It is possible to test
with the real Plasma shell in the same way as described above by setting `plasmashell` as
executable.
It is only possible to run one `plasmashell` at a time so you have to stop your regular
`plasmashell` first. While developing you can start e.g. `tint2` to be not without a shell.
It works quite well within a Plasma session when both shells are placed on different screen
edges.
## Enable QML debugging
To enable QML debugging, it is required to rebuild `plasmoidviewer` with QML debugging