Synfig-import-labels template problem

When loading labels.txt-
“Could not load template descending-text…”

How do I "…verify your ‘TEMPLATE_DIR’ in settings.py "

The following “labels.text” loads successfully:

start stop text template
0.500 1.50 first sentence showing for 1 second descending-text
1.50 1.90 cool ! fromleft-text
2.40 3.2784 your imagination is the limit ! revealing-text
3.2784 4.2784 BITCH appearing-text

But this one will not
start stop text template
35.203536 35.730750 NO revealing-text
35.730750 36.281929 Turning revealing-text
36.281929 36.821125 on revealing-text
36.821125 37.821125 RED revealing-text
39.433232 42.698875 NO FLIES APON FRED!!! fromleft-text
43.698875 44.262036 Take descending-text
44.262036 44.525643 me descending-text
44.525643 44.789250 down descending-text
44.789250 46.000464 instead… descending-text
48.000464 51.000464 Long Drop as in DEAD descending-text
86.319357 91.620946 Where’d you leave your cred? appearing-text
90.620946 95.934518 So easily led appearing-text
94.934518 99.212143 Take me down instead descending-text
99.212143 102.212143 Long Drop as in DEAD appearing-text
120.552339 121.552339 So easily led
124.770054 125.309250 LONG appearing-text
125.309250 125.620786 DROP descending-text
125.620786 125.896375 AS appearing-text
125.896375 126.159982 IN appearing-text
126.159982 128.951821 DEAD revealing-text
128.951821 132.951821 Where’d you lose your cred? revealing-text
133.313321 135.313321 Long Drop as in DEAD revealing-text
171.572304 175.572304 NO Turning revealing-text
172.794482 176.794482 ON RED revealing-text
175.981732 179.981732 Still no flies on Fred fromleft-text
180.259357 181.361714 Take me down revealing-text
181.361714 182.361714 INSTEAD appearing-text
184.513018 187.513018 Long Drop as in Dead descending-text
188.790643 196.790643 Long Drop as in Dead fromleft-text
193.092232 198.092232 Long Drop as in Dead appearing-text
197.369857 199.369857 Long Drop as in Dead descending-text
198.028875 200.028875 Long Drop as in Dead descending-text
198.436268 200.436268 Long Drop as in Dead revealing-text
199.598536 201.598536 Long Drop as in Dead descending-text
200.377375 203.377375 Long Drop as in Dead revealing-text
200.868643 204.868643 Long Drop as in Dead fromleft-text
202.138750 205.138750 Long Drop as in Dead descending-text
203.660482 206.660482 Long Drop as in Dead appearing-text

I guess maybe I need to learn the basics of why the first text pasted in took the visible formatting, and why the second example does not.
Ia that the issue?

please see my answer at https://github.com/berteh/synfig-import-labels/issues/18

There may be an issue with missing from your labels file (seems to be only spaces)… but it goes a bit beyond that.
To get rid of the issue you can use another column separator (for instance ‘;’), but need to change the config file accordingly.

B.