From ed9daa139afe6076b4d65ec499da3383aa826d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gordon Williams <gw@pur3.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:38:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ensure non-ascii is converted properly

---
 bin/firmwaremaker_c.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js b/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
index ec49aa19a..28fbd2f05 100755
--- a/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
+++ b/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
@@ -102,7 +102,13 @@ function fileGetter(url) {
       fs.writeFileSync(url, code);
     }
   }
-  return Promise.resolve(fs.readFileSync(url).toString("binary"));
+  var blob = fs.readFileSync(url);
+  var data;
+  if (url.endsWith(".js") || url.endsWith(".json"))
+    data = blob.toString(); // allow JS/etc to be written in UTF-8
+  else
+    data = blob.toString("binary")
+  return Promise.resolve(data);
 }
 
 // If file should be evaluated, try and do it...