On Jun 24, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Peng Ni wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to use the define attribute function. However, the attribute assignment sheet I generated cannot be read. It reports: "Line 1 of file is either not 'name: value' or is missing initial tab". I cannot spot anything wrong in my txt file, which is also attached in the e-mail. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could help me fix this problem.

Hi Peng,

I don't know how you are creating this file, but if you are using an editor you need to make sure that you save the file in plain text format. The file you sent has two non-ASCII characters right at the beginning, which a lot of editors will hide from you and which screws up Chimera's attempt to read the file. I have attached a version of your file which is identical to the original except with the two non-ASCII characters removed. Chimera reads the attached file fine.

--Eric

Eric Pettersen

UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu