If I try to run the Tracking.minimal.py example in .../Python/examples on my fedora machine I get the followinf error:

SyntaxError: (mismatched character \r expecting \n, (string, 7, 1, # change parameters depending on your pan tilt, pins and

at org.python.core.ParserFacade.fixParseError(ParserFacade.java:92)    at org.python.core.ParserFacade.parse(ParserFacade.java:201)    at org.python.core.Py.compile_flags(Py.java:1737)    at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(PythonInterpreter.java:206)    at org.myrobotlab.service.Python$PIThread.run(Unknown Source)------

If I remove the carriage returns everything works fine. It seems the read routine in  python isn't converting dos text file to linux style correctly.

Drew

GroG

10 years 10 months ago

Thanks for the post...

  • where did you get the file ?  
  • how did you transfer it to your system ?
  • what kind of system are you on (guessing Linux of some flavor) ?
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