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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+use Encode;
+
+BEGIN { use_ok("IkiWiki"); }
+
+# should read files as utf8
+ok(Encode::is_utf8(IkiWiki::readfile("t/test1.mdwn"), 1));
+is(IkiWiki::readfile("t/test1.mdwn"),
+ Encode::decode_utf8('![o](../images/o.jpg "ó")'."\n".'óóóóó'."\n"));