Game crashes when binding console key to §

Game crashes when binding console key to §
Question

When I bind my console key to § (some non-english keyboards have this in place of '~') the game crashes
Answer

If you attempt to change the bind for "toggleconsole" in your config.cfg to "§" (some non-english keyboard layouts) it will cause Source Engine based games (HL:Source, HL2, CS:Source, DoD:Source) to crash on startup.

To fix this, you will need to bind your toggleconsole key to some other key.

NOTE: Not all keys will bind to toggleconsole, avoid any normal typing characters or numbers.

Function Keys work well for this (F1 - F12).

You might need to edit your config.cfg or userconfig.cfg to add the bind (use notepad).

example:
bind "F12" "toggleconsole"

The usual default is:
bind "~" "toggleconsole"