failed to create a plot

[lvbakker]

Hi,
I installed dotploty and i am trying to run the examples provided.
But both the minimap2 and the nucmer example seem to have some issues.

minimap2_failed_output.txt
mummer_failed_output.txt

What am i missing here? Can someone help me with this?
thank you

[haneenih7]

I am getting the same error.
it's so disappointing to see the issue is open since November and has not been solved.

[gconcepcion]

FYI - I had this same error and it was caused by having improper character in my sample names. In my case it was a # sign.

Solved the problem with a simple substitution
sed -is 's/#/_/g' input.paf

[briannadon]

confirming I had this same problem and a "#" in my sample names was the culprit, thanks for your answer @gconcepcion . Perhaps a warning in the README telling people to be very careful that their sample has no special characters in the name is in order!