diff -r ef7fc6fd1f6f -r ca07a88ee68a plugins/c_ext/c_ext.py
--- a/plugins/c_ext/c_ext.py	Wed Oct 28 11:38:23 2009 +0100
+++ b/plugins/c_ext/c_ext.py	Wed Oct 28 11:42:47 2009 +0100
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
         text += self.CFile.generateXMLText("CFile", 0, extras)
 
         xmlfile = open(filepath,"w")
-        xmlfile.write(text)
+        xmlfile.write(text.encode("utf-8"))
         xmlfile.close()
         
         self.CFileBuffer.CurrentSaved()