Specify file encoding as UTF-8

joplin2obsidian/exporter.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def export_md(self, reader: Reader):
             md_handler = MdHandler(md)
             dest_md = self.root_dir / md.relative_to(reader.dir)
             dest_md.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            with dest_md.open('w') as f:
+            # open() defaults to locale.getencoding(), which is cp1252 on
+            # windows for historical purposes. AFAIK, modern windows uses utf-8
+            # everywhere.
+            with dest_md.open('w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 for res_line in md_handler.replace_iter():
                     f.write(res_line)

joplin2obsidian/parser.py

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: Path):
 
 
     def replace_iter(self):
-        with self.file_path.open('r') as f:
+        # open() defaults to locale.getencoding(), which is cp1252 on windows
+        # for historical purposes. AFAIK, modern windows uses utf-8 everywhere.
+        with self.file_path.open('r', encoding="utf-8") as f:
             for line in f.readlines():
                 yield self.src_re.sub(self._sub_group, line)