gcc compile problem: error: stray \168 in program

[Tim McDaniel]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> wrote:
> grip <Chandramohan.USecure <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 1. From the command prompt from windows, I tried this
>>     - od -tx1 <ENTER>
>>     - "<ENTER> (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)
>
> That seems fishy.  You are probably better off getting to the root
> of why " isn't working the first time around.  Perhaps a faulty
> .inputrc setting is at play?  Or maybe a strange stty setting?

Escape character in your terminal program, even?  Though that seems
unlikely to me: the terminal programs I've used of late look for ~ as
the first character on a line only, and the double quotes are not at
the start of a line.

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com

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