"mismatched character expecting '\n' " error when adding comment to .items file

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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Hi,

I’m running openhabian (latest version) on my raspberry pi model 3. When I add an comment in my .items file I get the following message:

2018-03-23 08:15:09.806 [WARN ] [el.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Configuration model ‘bulbs.items’ has errors, therefore ignoring it: [18,1]: mismatched character ‘\r’ expecting ‘\n’

The code in question(the comment is on line 18) looks like this:

Group    gLivingRoomLamp1Toggle	(gAllLightsToggle, gLivingRoomLights)
// sfg

Group:Switch				gDoorLamp1Toggle				"Lampe dør ON/OFF"			(gDoorLightsToggle)

If I remove the blank line after the comment the error would be “mismatched character ‘G’ expecting ‘\n’” instead. I am editing the file with Textwrangler on a Mac.

Appreciate the help.

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This is to do with your text editor.
Does your editor has options like UTF8 format?
Try another editor. Use VSCode with the openhab plugin

3

Thanks for the quick reply! I tried xcode, and textedit earlier as well with the same issues. However using VSCode solved it!