How to compile *.ins files in TeXstudio

TeXStudio has its default configuration (Options->Configure TeXStudio->Commands) to execute only .tex files.

This is done in the 4 commands (for LaTeX, PdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX) by using the special char %, for the name of the file, and .tex.

If you change this to ?me it will compile (m means name, e means extension).

In my case, since it is configured to -interaction=nonstopmode I must delete de .sty file, or LaTeX will ask to overwrite it and the compilation will stop.

It will also work for the .dtx file, or any other file opened in your editor.