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Ruby

Andrew Wiley
Andrew Wiley
27,097 Points
Posted by Andrew Wiley
Andrew Wiley
27,097 Points

found character that cannot start any token while scanning for the next token???

When adding

Default Setting

defaults: - scope: path: "" # an empty string here means all files in the project type: "posts" # previously post in Jekyll 2.2. values: author: Andrew Wiley category: programmer layout: "default"

    -
scope:
  path: "" # an empty string here means all files in the project
  type: "pages" # previously `post` in Jekyll 2.2.
values:
  layout: "pagefound character that cannot start any token while scanning for the next token"

I get back an error saying "found character that cannot start any token while scanning for the next token"

What am I doing wrong????

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points 
defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: "" # an empty string here means all files in the project
      type: "pages" # previously `post` in Jekyll 2.2.
    values:
      layout: "default"
      author: "Andrew Wiley"
      category: "programmer"

This should be correct, make sure your indentation is correct and you are using spaces to indent and not tabs as YAML does not support tab indentation.