When I try to render this file:

============================
#include "colors.inc"

background { color Cyan }
camera {


       }
sphere {





light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}

============================

I get:

Parse Error: Illegal character in input file, value is ca.
File teste1.pov line 10

The include path is set to the default include folder, and i'm using the Mac
version of POV-Ray.

I'm just a newbie, but I'd like to understand what I'm doing wrong...

Thanks!

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In article <web.4229cb49411bc8567cd873870@news.povray.org>,
 "codium" <hen### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>>When I try to render this file:
>>
>>============================
>>#include "colors.inc"
>>
>>background { color Cyan }
>>camera {
>>   ???? location <0, 2, -3>
>>??????? look_at <0, 1, 2>
>>       }
>>sphere {
>>??????? <0, 1, 2>, 2
>>??????? texture {
>>      ??????????? pigment { color Yellow }
>>       ???????? }
>> ????? }
>>light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}
>>
>>============================
>>
>>I get:
>>
>>Parse Error: Illegal character in input file, value is ca.
>>File teste1.pov line 10
>>
>>The include path is set to the default include folder, and i'm using the Mac
>>version of POV-Ray.
>>
>>I'm just a newbie, but I'd like to understand what I'm doing wrong...
>>
>>Thanks!

  sometimes this append to me too. it's just a mistake when you hit 
space-bar and/or tab with option or comand key down. bad side of this is 
that this bad car is invisible. check on line 10 all 'white car'. :))

klp

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Wasn't it codium who wrote:
>When I try to render this file:
>
>============================
>#include "colors.inc"
>
>background { color Cyan }
>camera {


>       }
>sphere {





>light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}
>
>============================
>
>I get:
>
>Parse Error: Illegal character in input file, value is ca.
>File teste1.pov line 10
>
>The include path is set to the default include folder, and i'm using the Mac
>version of POV-Ray.
>
>I'm just a newbie, but I'd like to understand what I'm doing wrong...

Some of the characters that look like spaces are some other weird
character. There's lots of them.

What you can do is to globally replace that weird character with space.
Try this:

Use the mouse to highlight the first character on the line that says
        look_at <0, 1, 2>
press Control-H to bring up the Replace dialogue. Leave the thing that
looks like a space in the [Find] box and type a real space into the
[Replace] box. Click [Replace all].


The try to avoid doing whatever you did to get those bogus charaters in
there in the first place.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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kurtz le pirate <kur### [at] yahoofr> wrote:
> In article <web.4229cb49411bc8567cd873870@news.povray.org>,
>  "codium" <hen### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> >>When I try to render this file:
> >>
> >>============================
> >>#include "colors.inc"
> >>
> >>background { color Cyan }
> >>camera {
> >>   ???? location <0, 2, -3>
> >>??????? look_at <0, 1, 2>
> >>       }
> >>sphere {
> >>??????? <0, 1, 2>, 2
> >>??????? texture {
> >>      ??????????? pigment { color Yellow }
> >>       ???????? }
> >> ????? }
> >>light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}
> >>
> >>============================
> >>
> >>I get:
> >>
> >>Parse Error: Illegal character in input file, value is ca.
> >>File teste1.pov line 10
> >>
> >>The include path is set to the default include folder, and i'm using the Mac
> >>version of POV-Ray.
> >>
> >>I'm just a newbie, but I'd like to understand what I'm doing wrong...
> >>
> >>Thanks!
>
>   sometimes this append to me too. it's just a mistake when you hit
> space-bar and/or tab with option or comand key down. bad side of this is
> that this bad car is invisible. check on line 10 all 'white car'. :))
>
> klp


Thank you! That solved it!

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