X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49A46305.6070106@free.fr> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:13:41 +0100 From: Sylvain RICHARD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: gcc compile problem: error: stray \168 in program References: <22145156.post@talk.nabble.com> <22156979.post@talk.nabble.com> <49A29E64.4060300@gmail.com> <22186369.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <22186369.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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, -- Sylvain RICHARD -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/