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diff --git a/libbe/encoding.py b/libbe/encoding.py
index d603602..4af864e 100644
--- a/libbe/encoding.py
+++ b/libbe/encoding.py
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ import locale
import sys
import doctest
+ENCODING = None # override get_encoding() output by setting this
+
def get_encoding():
"""
Guess a useful input/output/filesystem encoding... Maybe we need
seperate encodings for input/output and filesystem? Hmm...
"""
+ if ENCODING != None:
+ return ENCODING
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding() or sys.getdefaultencoding()
if sys.platform != 'win32' or sys.version_info[:2] > (2, 3):
encoding = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)[1] or encoding