From d2f6ad239f10372ca80c54b307d146f6b4598cc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Vogt <holger.vogt@uni-due.de>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:19:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] If the input file path contains ANSI-encoded special
 characters, utf-8 conversion and thus file opening will fail.

This patch then in addition tries opening the file with standard fopen.
---
 src/misc/util.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/misc/util.c b/src/misc/util.c
index d438337ff..0542c35fb 100644
--- a/src/misc/util.c
+++ b/src/misc/util.c
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ ngdirname(const char *name)
 FILE *
 newfopen(const char *fn, const char* md)
 {
+    FILE* fp;
     if (fn == NULL)
         return NULL;
     wchar_t wfn[BSIZE_SP];
@@ -276,7 +277,15 @@ newfopen(const char *fn, const char* md)
         fprintf(stderr, "%s could not be converted\n", fn);
         return NULL;
     }
-    return _wfopen(wfn, wmd);
+    fp = _wfopen(wfn, wmd);
+
+/* If wide char fails, at least fopen may try the potentially ANSI encoded special characters like á */
+#undef fopen
+    if (fp == NULL)
+        fp = fopen(fn, md);
+#define fopen newfopen
+
+    return fp;
 }
 #endif
 #endif