I'm an absolute beginner with flutter, once getting Hyper installed I get this error message....Error loading config: syntaxError: unexpected token ':'.....Error reading configuration: 'config' key is missing

[kamelbouchair]

• [x] Your Hyper.app version is 3.2.0. Please verify you're using the latest Hyper.app version
• [ ] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

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• Any relevant information from devtools? (CMD+OPTION+I on macOS, CTRL+SHIFT+I elsewhere):

• Is the issue reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app?

Issue

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• Hyper version: undefined "3.2.0"
• OS ARCH VERSION: win32 x64 10.0.22533
• Electron: 16.0.8 LANG: undefined
• SHELL: undefined TERM: undefined

.hyper.js contents

{
  "updateChannel": "stable",
  "fontSize": 12,
  "fontFamily": "Menlo, \"DejaVu Sans Mono\", Consolas, \"Lucida Console\", monospace",
  "fontWeight": "normal",
  "fontWeightBold": "bold",
  "lineHeight": 1,
  "letterSpacing": 0,
  "cursorColor": "rgba(248,28,229,0.8)",
  "cursorAccentColor": "#000",
  "cursorShape": "BLOCK",
  "cursorBlink": false,
  "foregroundColor": "#fff",
  "backgroundColor": "#000",
  "selectionColor": "rgba(248,28,229,0.3)",
  "borderColor": "#333",
  "css": "",
  "termCSS": "",
  "workingDirectory": "",
  "showHamburgerMenu": "",
  "showWindowControls": "",
  "padding": "12px 14px",
  "colors": {
    "black": "#000000",
    "red": "#C51E14",
    "green": "#1DC121",
    "yellow": "#C7C329",
    "blue": "#0A2FC4",
    "magenta": "#C839C5",
    "cyan": "#20C5C6",
    "white": "#C7C7C7",
    "lightBlack": "#686868",
    "lightRed": "#FD6F6B",
    "lightGreen": "#67F86F",
    "lightYellow": "#FFFA72",
    "lightBlue": "#6A76FB",
    "lightMagenta": "#FD7CFC",
    "lightCyan": "#68FDFE",
    "lightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
    "limeGreen": "#32CD32",
    "lightCoral": "#F08080"
  },
  "shell": "",
  "shellArgs": [
    "--login"
  ],
  "env": {},
  "bell": "SOUND",
  "copyOnSelect": false,
  "defaultSSHApp": true,
  "quickEdit": false,
  "macOptionSelectionMode": "vertical",
  "webGLRenderer": true,
  "webLinksActivationKey": "",
  "disableLigatures": true,
  "disableAutoUpdates": false,
  "screenReaderMode": false,
  "preserveCWD": true
}

plugins

{
  "plugins": [],
  "localPlugins": []
}

[LabhanshAgrawal]

where are you getting this error? can you post some screenshots and the commands that you are using?

[kamelbouchair]

okay but it appears like this without even using any commands

[nardoor]

Hello @kamelbouchair

A quick question, is the content of ~/.hyper.js exactly as you described? Or did you forget to include the top part (represented below)?

"use strict";
// Future versions of Hyper may add additional config options,
// which will not automatically be merged into this file.
// See https://hyper.is#cfg for all currently supported options.
module.exports = {
    config: {
        // choose either `'stable'` for receiving highly polished,
        // or `'canary'` for less 
...

The .hyper.js file should contain actual javascript. Filling it as a json will not create an exports.config for the configuration code to read later.

Also as far as I know hyper is not a flutter application (which would use Dart) but a node (+electron) application (which runs on javascript).

[ubuntupunk]

I am getting exact same error on Ubuntu 22.04. Default .hyper.js config file.

unexpected token default error reading configuration 'config' key missing

[nardoor]

I am getting exact same error on Ubuntu 22.04. Default .hyper.js config file.

unexpected token default error reading configuration 'config' key missing

Hello @ubuntupunk,

Could you provide more details ?

• hyper version
• screen or exact copy of the full error message
• what action from you triggers such an error
• ...

If you just installed hyper and have a default .hyper.js config file I don't see how this could happen.

[CatalinGheorghiu]

I had the same error as @ubuntupunk . I had modified the default hyper.js file by adding a font. that seems to be causing the error for me.