Walt & Ken,
The particular situation where JMRI ¡°normalizes¡± the ¡°user names¡± and maybe the ¡°system names¡± does not prevent the panel from being loaded. There is a ¡°WARN¡± message in the console log identifying the ¡°user name¡± or ¡°system name¡± that was normalized. No indication on how to permanently fix the issue. Now I know that the ¡°fix¡± is to save the panel OR as I did use an editor to fix the problem.
Marshall
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:23 PM
To: jmriusers@...
Subject: [jmriusers] Re: Problem with leading spaces in a sensor "username".
Ken; This is the closest I find
"JMRI applications will not load a panel file that fails XML validation; an error will be shown that should explains the error, allowing it to be fixed using an editor. (The explanations remain a work in progress.)"
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Walt
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