diff --git a/common/richio.cpp b/common/richio.cpp
index 92a543f105..95183c499a 100644
--- a/common/richio.cpp
+++ b/common/richio.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int OUTPUTFORMATTER::Print( int nestLevel, const char* fmt, ... ) throw( IO_ERRO
 }
 
 
-std::string OUTPUTFORMATTER::Quoted( const std::string& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR )
+std::string OUTPUTFORMATTER::Quotes( const std::string& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR )
 {
     static const char quoteThese[] = "\t ()\n\r";
 
@@ -329,6 +329,17 @@ std::string OUTPUTFORMATTER::Quoted( const std::string& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERRO
 }
 
 
+std::string OUTPUTFORMATTER::Quotew( const wxString& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR )
+{
+    // s-expressions atoms are always encoded as UTF-8.
+    // The non-virutal function calls the virtual workhorse function, and if
+    // a different quoting or escaping strategy is desired from the standard,
+    // a derived class can overload Quotes() above, but
+    // should never be a reason to overload this Quotew() here.
+    return Quotes( (const char*) aWrapee.utf8_str() );
+}
+
+
 //-----<STRING_FORMATTER>----------------------------------------------------
 
 void STRING_FORMATTER::write( const char* aOutBuf, int aCount ) throw( IO_ERROR )
diff --git a/common/xnode.cpp b/common/xnode.cpp
index a89c6fb6a2..cb5e2f566a 100644
--- a/common/xnode.cpp
+++ b/common/xnode.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void XNODE::Format( OUTPUTFORMATTER* out, int nestLevel ) throw( IO_ERROR )
     switch( GetType() )
     {
     case wxXML_ELEMENT_NODE:
-        out->Print( nestLevel, "(%s", out->Quoted( GetName() ).c_str() );
+        out->Print( nestLevel, "(%s", out->Quotew( GetName() ).c_str() );
         FormatContents( out, nestLevel );
         if( GetNext() )
             out->Print( 0, ")\n" );
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ void XNODE::FormatContents( OUTPUTFORMATTER* out, int nestLevel ) throw( IO_ERRO
     {
         out->Print( 0, " (%s %s)",
             // attr names should never need quoting, no spaces, we designed the file.
-            out->Quoted( attr->GetName()  ).c_str(),
-            out->Quoted( attr->GetValue() ).c_str()
+            out->Quotew( attr->GetName()  ).c_str(),
+            out->Quotew( attr->GetValue() ).c_str()
             );
     }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void XNODE::FormatContents( OUTPUTFORMATTER* out, int nestLevel ) throw( IO_ERRO
         break;
 
     case wxXML_TEXT_NODE:
-        out->Print( 0, " %s", out->Quoted( GetContent() ).c_str() );
+        out->Print( 0, " %s", out->Quotew( GetContent() ).c_str() );
         break;
 
     default:
diff --git a/eeschema/template_fieldnames.cpp b/eeschema/template_fieldnames.cpp
index 780a64e404..bee3ebce1e 100644
--- a/eeschema/template_fieldnames.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/template_fieldnames.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ wxString TEMPLATE_FIELDNAME::GetDefaultFieldName( int aFieldNdx )
 
 void TEMPLATE_FIELDNAME::Format( OUTPUTFORMATTER* out, int nestLevel ) const throw( IO_ERROR )
 {
-    out->Print( nestLevel, "(field (name %s)",  out->Quoted( m_Name ).c_str() );
+    out->Print( nestLevel, "(field (name %s)",  out->Quotew( m_Name ).c_str() );
 
     if( !m_Value.IsEmpty() )
-        out->Print( 0, "(value %s)", out->Quoted( m_Value ).c_str() );
+        out->Print( 0, "(value %s)", out->Quotew( m_Value ).c_str() );
 
     if( m_Visible )
         out->Print( 0, " visible" );
diff --git a/include/richio.h b/include/richio.h
index 5f48571a98..1fea45f284 100644
--- a/include/richio.h
+++ b/include/richio.h
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function Quoted
+     * Function Quotes
      * checks \a aWrapee input string for a need to be quoted
      * (e.g. contains a ')' character or a space), and for \" double quotes
      * within the string that need to be escaped such that the DSNLEXER
@@ -500,13 +500,9 @@ public:
      *
      * @throw IO_ERROR, if there is any kind of problem with the input string.
      */
-     virtual std::string Quoted( const std::string& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR );
+     virtual std::string Quotes( const std::string& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR );
 
-     std::string Quoted( const wxString& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR )
-     {
-         // s-expressions atoms are always encoded as UTF-8
-         return Quoted( (const char*) aWrapee.utf8_str() );
-     }
+     std::string Quotew( const wxString& aWrapee ) throw( IO_ERROR );
 
     //-----</interface functions>-----------------------------------------
 };
diff --git a/new/sch_lib_table.cpp b/new/sch_lib_table.cpp
index c17ba2d698..d8dfdf030b 100644
--- a/new/sch_lib_table.cpp
+++ b/new/sch_lib_table.cpp
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ void LIB_TABLE::ROW::Format( OUTPUTFORMATTER* out, int nestLevel ) const
     throw( IO_ERROR )
 {
     out->Print( nestLevel, "(lib (logical %s)(type %s)(full_uri %s)(options %s))\n",
-        out->Quoted( logicalName ).c_str(),
-        out->Quoted( libType ).c_str(),
-        out->Quoted( fullURI ).c_str(),
-        out->Quoted( options ).c_str()
+        out->Quotes( logicalName ).c_str(),
+        out->Quotes( libType ).c_str(),
+        out->Quotes( fullURI ).c_str(),
+        out->Quotes( options ).c_str()
         );
 }
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/pcb_plot_params.cpp b/pcbnew/pcb_plot_params.cpp
index 3421892c90..f4707f1803 100644
--- a/pcbnew/pcb_plot_params.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/pcb_plot_params.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void PCB_PLOT_PARAMS::Format( OUTPUTFORMATTER* aFormatter,
     aFormatter->Print( aNestLevel+1, "(%s %d)\n", GetTokenName( T_scaleselection ),
                        scaleSelection );
     aFormatter->Print( aNestLevel+1, "(%s %s)\n", GetTokenName( T_outputdirectory ),
-                       aFormatter->Quoted( CONV_TO_UTF8( outputDirectory ) ).c_str() );
+                       aFormatter->Quotew( outputDirectory ).c_str() );
     aFormatter->Print( 0, ")\n" );
 }