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Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:17 am
by Cholmondely
I loaded HIMSN some time ago on the dreaded AppleMac. It worked.
But!
Perusing my
latest latest.log I found this:
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01:08:09.672 [plist.parse.failed] OOPropertyListFromData (OOPListParsing.m:72): Failed to parse /Users/accountname/Library/Application Support/Oolite/AddOns/Himsn_alpha_test.oxz/Config/characters.plist as a property list.
Unexpected character { at line 1
I've done absolutely nothing to it. Zippo. But all of a sudden it is giving Oolite a major attack of constipation.
Any ideas?
Could there be a fiendish Frontier/E:D virus which has singled HIMSN out for attack?
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:34 pm
by montana05
Cholmondely wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:17 am
Could there be a fiendish Frontier/E:D virus which has singled HIMSN out for attack?
Probably not only HIMSN, I am still trying to figure out what your Mac dislikes at SIRF. In the meanwhile, I removed tones of white space (just in case) and checked every comma at least 5 times.
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:58 pm
by phkb
Another thing to check is the double quotes. A " character is different to both “ and ”, and Macs tend to be picky about which ones are in play. (Hint: they only like ")
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:51 pm
by montana05
phkb wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:58 pm
Another thing to check is the double quotes. A " character is different to both “ and ”, and Macs tend to be picky about which ones are in play. (Hint: they only like ")
Thank you for that phkb, checked and no errors found. On another thought, how likely would it be that a Mac disagrees with a constellation like that:
"name" = "Gecko 'Dragon Class'";
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:59 pm
by hiran
montana05 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:51 pm
phkb wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:58 pm
Another thing to check is the double quotes. A " character is different to both “ and ”, and Macs tend to be picky about which ones are in play. (Hint: they only like ")
Thank you for that phkb, checked and no errors found. On another thought, how likely would it be that a Mac disagrees with a constellation like that:
"name" = "Gecko 'Dragon Class'";
I have a similar effect, yet it is on Linux and with savegames (which are in XML PList format). The error looks like this:
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[plist.parse.failed]: Failed to parse /home/hiran/oolite-saves/Jaeger.oolite-save as a property list.
Parse failed at line 1 (char 2) - unexpected character (wanted '>')
Yet when I use XML parsers and validated the grammar using XSD validation I just cannot find anything wrong in there, especially not in the location mentioned in the error message.
Thus I suspect there may be some flaw in Oolite's plist parser (unlikely) or the error location report (more likely). After all I had vi-ed the file before the error occurred but no backup to easily see what I had done... (Yes, I know I had it coming...)
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:24 pm
by montana05
hiran wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:59 pm
Thus I suspect there may be some flaw in Oolite's plist parser (unlikely) or the error location report (more likely). After all I had vi-ed the file before the error occurred but no backup to easily see what I had done... (Yes, I know I had it coming...)
Macs seem to always report line 1, even if the error is somewhere else. I could check and log anything under window, but I don't have a Mac available, so I only could check known problems and guess for additional ones.
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:28 pm
by hiran
montana05 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:24 pm
hiran wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:59 pm
Thus I suspect there may be some flaw in Oolite's plist parser (unlikely) or the error location report (more likely). After all I had vi-ed the file before the error occurred but no backup to easily see what I had done... (Yes, I know I had it coming...)
Macs seem to always report line 1, even if the error is somewhere else. I could check and log anything under window, but I don't have a Mac available, so I only could check known problems and guess for additional ones.
So you confirm the error location is wrong - at least for Macs.
For me the problem is on Linux. How about I make
my savegame available for you? Then you could check how the Windows version reacts to it...
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:37 am
by montana05
hiran wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:28 pm
So you confirm the error location is wrong - at least for Macs.
For me the problem is on Linux. How about I make
my savegame available for you? Then you could check how the Windows version reacts to it...
I tweaked your savegame a bit and now it's working, at least under windows:
https://app.box.com/s/ecjt236xjsn1wfhd2bt7by1yoge96ov9.
The error was really in line 1, just compare both files and you will easily spot it.
Re: Random outing of oxp's
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:12 am
by hiran
montana05 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:37 am
hiran wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:28 pm
So you confirm the error location is wrong - at least for Macs.
For me the problem is on Linux. How about I make
my savegame available for you? Then you could check how the Windows version reacts to it...
I tweaked your savegame a bit and now it's working, at least under windows:
https://app.box.com/s/ecjt236xjsn1wfhd2bt7by1yoge96ov9.
The error was really in line 1, just compare both files and you will easily spot it.
What? The problem was just the missing header line? Such an obvious thing (that should be optional anyway), and I am shooting with parsers, validators and whatnot...
Thanks a lot for taking that look.
