Jekyll configuration

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I am attempting to create a config.yml file and have been stuck for several hours on an error that I can´t interpret.
Command line listing:

jekyll 4.3.1 | Error:  (/home/jonathan/ProgrammingFreedom/General/website/_config.yml): did not find expected key while parsing a block mapping at line 2 column 1
/home/jonathan/gems/gems/safe_yaml-1.0.5/lib/safe_yaml/load.rb:143:in `parse': (/home/jonathan/ProgrammingFreedom/General/website/_config.yml): did not find expected key while parsing a block mapping at line 2 column 1 (Psych::SyntaxError)
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/safe_yaml-1.0.5/lib/safe_yaml/load.rb:143:in `load'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/safe_yaml-1.0.5/lib/safe_yaml/load.rb:157:in `block in load_file'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/safe_yaml-1.0.5/lib/safe_yaml/load.rb:157:in `open'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/safe_yaml-1.0.5/lib/safe_yaml/load.rb:157:in `load_file'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb:129:in `safe_load_file'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb:167:in `read_config_file'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb:198:in `block in read_config_files'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb:195:in `each'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb:195:in `read_config_files'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll.rb:118:in `configuration'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/command.rb:44:in `configuration_from_options'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/lib/jekyll/commands/serve.rb:83:in `block (2 levels) in init_with_program'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/mercenary-0.4.0/lib/mercenary/command.rb:221:in `block in execute'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/mercenary-0.4.0/lib/mercenary/command.rb:221:in `each'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/mercenary-0.4.0/lib/mercenary/command.rb:221:in `execute'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/mercenary-0.4.0/lib/mercenary/program.rb:44:in `go'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/mercenary-0.4.0/lib/mercenary.rb:21:in `program'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/jekyll-4.3.1/exe/jekyll:15:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/bin/jekyll:25:in `load'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/bin/jekyll:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `load'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `kernel_load'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:23:in `run'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli.rb:486:in `exec'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:392:in `dispatch'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli.rb:31:in `dispatch'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in `start'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/cli.rb:25:in `start'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/exe/bundle:48:in `block in <top (required)>'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:120:in `with_friendly_errors'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/gems/bundler-2.3.24/exe/bundle:36:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
        from /home/jonathan/gems/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'

My _config.yml file:

 Default site variables
defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
    values:
      layout: "default"
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
      type: "posts"
    values:
      layout:  "post"
  -
    scope:
      path:  ""
      type:  "pages"
    values:
      layout: "page"

Custom variables for use in content

content:
project-name: “Programming Freedom”

Collection information

collections_dir: “collections”

collections:
ProgrammingFreedom:
posts:
essays:
documentation:
Contributors:
jgossage:
posts:
essays:

Can anyone see what I have done wrong. I expect a typo or simple syntax error.

2

I think it is unhappy about some ymal formatting in the config file?

can you post the entire config file - and wrap it in three back tics (```) so it is in a code block? I edited your first post to do this.

3

That appears to be the complete yaml file. I did a copy/paste to include it.

4

is that in the file or did I put the code block in the wrong place? that is not valid I assume I put the code block in the wrong place?.

5

It looks like the complete file to me, thanks.

6

if Default site variables is in the actual config file either remove it or put a # in front of it to make it a comment. It is not a valid thing to be in there.

7

That part was working before I augmented the configuration file and was taken directly from Jekyll documentation. As I understand it, it is suposed to provides default Liquid variables for different parts of the site.

8

can you post a link to your repo?

and yes, the scopes will provide default values, but the actual line that says Default site variables is not valid.

9

try this


# Default site variables
defaults:
  - scope:
      path: ""
    values:
      layout: "default"
  - scope:
      path: ""
      type: "posts"
    values:
      layout:  "post"
  - scope:
      path:  ""
      type:  "pages"
    values:
      layout: "page"
10

That comment was in working code before. What is wrong with it?

11

I found the problem. Some blank lines contained stray blanks, When the blanks were removed, everything worked, thankyou,

12

@caolin, yeah finally you know it.
it hard to explain since you ask why!! i have no idea what it happen but i got situation like you before. and that how i fixed ft., remove unnecessary blank space, and everything will be normal again.