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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Test program for :make, :grep and :cgetfile.
+
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+import locale
+import io
+import sys
+
+def set_output_encoding(enc=None):
+    """Set the encoding of stdout and stderr
+
+    arguments:
+      enc -- Encoding name.
+             If omitted, locale.getpreferredencoding() is used.
+    """
+    if enc is None:
+        enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+
+    def get_text_writer(fo, **kwargs):
+        kw = dict(kwargs)
+        kw.setdefault('errors', 'backslashreplace') # use \uXXXX style
+        kw.setdefault('closefd', False)
+
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            # Work around for Python 2.x
+            # New line conversion isn't needed here. Done in somewhere else.
+            writer = io.open(fo.fileno(), mode='w', newline='', **kw)
+            write = writer.write    # save the original write() function
+            enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+            def convwrite(s):
+                if isinstance(s, bytes):
+                    write(s.decode(enc))    # convert to unistr
+                else:
+                    write(s)
+                try:
+                    writer.flush()  # needed on Windows
+                except IOError:
+                    pass
+            writer.write = convwrite
+        else:
+            writer = io.open(fo.fileno(), mode='w', **kw)
+        return writer
+
+    sys.stdout = get_text_writer(sys.stdout, encoding=enc)
+    sys.stderr = get_text_writer(sys.stderr, encoding=enc)
+
+
+def main():
+    enc = 'utf-8'
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        enc = sys.argv[1]
+    set_output_encoding(enc)
+
+    message_tbl = {
+            'utf-8': 'ÀÈÌÒÙ こんにちは 你好',
+            'latin1': 'ÀÈÌÒÙ',
+            'cp932': 'こんにちは',
+            'cp936': '你好',
+            }
+
+    print('Xfoobar.c(10) : %s (%s)' % (message_tbl[enc], enc))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()