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

[Rangarajan, Amith]

Dear Meng,

Thanks for the guidance.

I was getting other whitespaces into the file. i was using ms visual code to create the file earlier , then upon switching to notepad ++ i was able to get rid of the error.

best,
amith
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From: Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 10:23 AM
To: Rangarajan, Amith <Amith.Rangarajan at ucsf.edu>
Cc: ChimeraX Users Help <ChimeraX-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] correct format for attribute information file (.defattr)

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>
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