Error running pySCHED

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If you see the following error when running pySCHED on one of your scheduling files:

"Error running pySCHED: test.key line 1: Expected key token, got Token(type_='misc',
value='\ufeff! ================================================================',
file_=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='test.key' mode='r' encoding='UTF-8'>, line=1)"

This happens because the encoding of the file is not completely UTF-8, or equivalently, it is not a truly plain-text file.

In general it happens because you saved the file with a text processor that introduced extra bits of data (not visible when you open it) in the actual file. This is typical from programs like MS Word, LibreOffice, etc, which tend to always format the text in the files.

The easy solution is to just copy all the content and paste into a new file using one editor meant more for code or plain-text files.

If you want some references on possible text editors here:

• (multiple operating system): Vim, Emacs, Nano,…, Atom,…
• (GNU/Linux): Gedit, Kale,…
• (macOS or OS X): TexEdit, BBEdit, Xcode, …
• (Windows): NotePad, I think,… (sorry, we have little to not experience here from our part).