font or face problem in emacs


Hello,

When I compile a program in emacs, I notice that I get some strange escape sequences in the compiler output window of emacs. For example, if my program is:
----------------------------------------------------------------
#include<iostream>
int main(){
int i,j;
std::cout << "Hellow Wrold!" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
----------------------------------------------------------------

and I compile it with:
g++ -Wall -ansi -o testprog testprog.cc

I get the following in my emacs compiler message window (notice the strange characters around the variables and function names):
----------------------------------------------------------------
g++ -Wall -ansi -o testprog testprog.cc
testprog.cc: In function ‘int main()’:
testprog.cc:6: warning: unused variable ‘i’
testprog.cc:6: warning: unused variable ‘j’

Compilation finished at Thu Jun 29 15:01:30
----------------------------------------------------------------

The strange characters around a variable are(I have typed the backslashes and numbers so that they are displayed properly here):
on left hand side: â\200\230
on right hand side: â\200\231


I guess this has something to do with the face of those strings in the compiler output in emacs. And that I may not have proper fonts installed. Am I on the right track? All inputs are welcome in solving this little problem.

BTW, this started happening only after I reintalled Debian Etch a few weeks ago.

I have:
> dpkg -l *emacs* | grep ^ii
ii emacs-goodies-el 26.6-1 Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs
ii emacs21 21.4a-3 The GNU Emacs editor
ii emacs21-bin-common 21.4a-3 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture
ii emacs21-common 21.4a-3 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture
ii emacsen-common 1.4.17 Common facilities for all emacsen


thanks,
->HS




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