[chimerax-users] correct format for attribute information file (.defattr)

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Amith,
It is exactly what the error message says: the assignment lines (which start at line 12 of the file) are missing the initial tab. I.e. you have to put a tab in front of each column in these lines, as it says in the format description:

<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/formats/defattr.html>

Maybe you are not familiar with tab?  It is a key on the left side of the keyboard.  It was used to indent paragraphs in the old days of typewriters.

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:51 AM, Rangarajan, Amith via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> I am sorry , i hit send before completely explain the issue. I think it is a formatting issue on the defattr input file, which i am not able to identify. 
> I have attached the input file as attachment. 
> Kindly review and suggest what could be done to fix the same.
> thanks again for your support.,
> best
> amith
> From: ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users-bounces at cgl.ucsf.edu> on behalf of Rangarajan, Amith via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:47 AM
> To: ChimeraX Users Help <ChimeraX-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
> Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] correct format for attribute information file (.defattr)
>  
> Hello everyone,
> I am trying to add mutation counts as a attribute and use it to generate a map of hotspots on the protein . 
> 
> I followed the format provided on chimerax documentation and i am getting this error :
> 
> SyntaxError: Line 12 in KIT-mutations-count.defattr is either not of the form 'name: value' or is missing initial tab
> 
> File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.3\bin\lib\site-packages\chimerax\std_commands\defattr.py", line 107, in defattr
> raise SyntaxError("Line %d in %s is either not of the form 'name: value'"
> 
> i am on windows 11 using chimerax 1.3.
> thanks
> amith
> <KIT-mutations-count.defattr>