--- plugins/language-support-cpp-java/plugin.c.orig	2008-02-05 10:04:28.000000000 +0100
+++ plugins/language-support-cpp-java/plugin.c	2008-02-05 10:05:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ extract_mode_line (const gchar *comment_
 		/* Check for escape characters */
 		while (end_modeline)
 		{
-			 if ((end_modeline - 1) != "\\")
+			 if (*(end_modeline - 1) != '\\')
 				break;
 			end_modeline++;
 			end_modeline = strstr (end_modeline, ":");