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Re: gcc compile problem: error: stray \168 in program


grip wrote:
Note: I have to type double quotes twice always and I get two double quotes. I use backspace to remove one every time. A single
double quotes produces no output on the screen


This behaviour is coherent with the hypothesis that you're in fact using the diaeresis key, and it seems to be a "dead key" on your keyboard. What happens when you press:
- {mysterious key}+{space}. Do you get a single ¨ ?
- {mysterious key}+a. Do you get ä ? That is (if encoding of this key get börked) an a plus two dots on top of it.
- {mysterious key}+e. Do you get ë ? (Same thing for e)


You may use the illustration in the Diaeresis wikipedia article [1] useful (right sidebar).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis

Good luck,

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Sylvain RICHARD


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