Re: [Vala] Introduction and Syntax Error When Compiling GTK Example

[Thomas Jollans <t jollybox de>]

On 08/31/2012 10:50 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
> This is my first post to the Vala mailing list, so let me make a brief
> introduction. I've just started learning Vala. I've been a Java
> programmer and a Linux for several years.
>
> I'm getting an error when I try to execute the first GTK programming
> example found on this page from the command prompt/terminal:
> https://live.gnome.org/Vala/GTKSample
>
> When I attempt to execute the program from the terminal I get multiple
> lines with these statements:
>
> invalid character literal
> syntax error, unexpected literal

Can you provide a complete transcript of the error messages? This is not
very informative, and I can't reproduce the problem. What command are
you running to compile the program, and what is its exact output?

> It is like the program is stuck on a loop or choking on each character
> in the strings in the example.
>
> The funny thing is, when I double click on the executable file in
> Nautilus, the program runs without any problems. Any ideas what might
> be going on? I'm running the latest stable version of Ubuntu and I
> have the GTK 3.0 libraries installed.
>
> Landon
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