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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use POSIX;
+use Locale::gettext;
+use Template;
+require 'Sesse::GettextizeTemplates.pm';
+
+# Common short macro to get non-templatized gettext stuff working
+*_ = sub {
+ return Locale::gettext::gettext(@_);
+};
+
+# set the locale
+POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_CTYPE, "");
+POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_MESSAGES, "");
+Locale::gettext::bindtextdomain("myproject", ".");
+Locale::gettext::textdomain("myproject");
+
+# Do a test message with no templates
+print _("Test message from outside a template.\n");
+
+# Process the test template and print it to stdout
+my $template = Template->new({ FACTORY => 'Sesse::GettextizeTemplates' });
+my $output = '';
+$template->process('test.tmpl', { foo => int(rand 2) }, \$output)
+ or die $template->error();
+
+print $output;