add mctestr script. In your build directory, just do:

./mctestr ^qr 5
and it will build all tests matching ^qr with 5 jobs and then do `ctest -R ^qr`

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -164,3 +164,4 @@ ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "CXX_FLAGS:         ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}\n")
 ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "Sparse lib flags:  ${SPARSE_LIBS}\n")
 
 configure_file(maketests.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maketests)
+configure_file(mctestr.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mctestr)

test/maketests.in

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-SRCDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 TESTSLIST="${cmake_tests_list}"
 targets_to_make=`echo "$TESTSLIST" | grep "$1" | sed s/^/test_/g | xargs`
 

test/mctestr.in

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# mctestr : shorthand for make and ctest -R
+
+if [ $# == 0 -o $# -ge 3 ]
+then
+  echo "usage: ./mctestr regexp [jobs]"
+  echo "  makes and runs tests matching the regexp, with <jobs> concurrent make jobs"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+./maketests $*
+
+# TODO when ctest 2.8 comes out, honor the jobs parameter
+ctest -R $1