Is it possible to put quotes inside quotes in the Source developer console? For instance, is it possible to bind

bind KP_END "give weapon_357"

to KP_INS?

bind KP_INS "bind KP_END "give weapon_357""

returns a syntax error.

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You cannot nest quotes in console commands. I'm not sure if there is a way to escape them, but you can work around this limitation by aliasing the quoted command. For example, in your case:

alias givewpn "give weapon_357"

Then do:

bind KP_INS "bind KP_END givewpn"

And voilà, the second command doesn't require quotes anymore.

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There is no way to escape double-quotes, but you can create a CFG (valve wiki) file, for example, cfgFileName1.cfg in gameFolder\cfg with contents bind KP_END "give weapon_357"

and nowbind KP_INS "exec cfgFileName1"

for better organizing use alias command (use unique aliases!)

Just bind straight to KP_INS. That should work. There is no point have a bind within a bind. I not to sure on the situation but by the looks of it what I said should work.

Just do:

bind KP_INS "give weapon_357"

I know from csgo and soruce that all you have to do is that and it'll work. Even if there was a previous bind on that key it should replace it with the new bind.

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