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Add Quick Look preview for Automator Application (ASCII-files)

I made a simple application in Automator that opens the selected text file in vim in a terminal window (just a few lines of AppleScript). I used and loved this for quite some time and the only thing I don't like and that is that changing the default application for a filetype to the script results in Finder not being able to show a preview (if viewed as columns or when space is pressed).


Is there any possibility to integrate a simple Quick Look preview for ASCII-files with a simple Automator script or is the only possibility to build a full App via Xcode?

Posted on Mar 1, 2019 7:43 AM

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On my High Sierra (10.13.6) and Mojave (10.14.3) systems, Quick Look just shows me the source content of my .tex files. The default Open with application at the top of that Quick Look window is MacVim.



No Automator. No other configuration. MacVim will pop open a window based on my ~/.gvimrc settings and all is good. I have the full MacTeX 2018 installation.

Posted on Mar 1, 2019 8:38 AM

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Mar 1, 2019 8:38 AM in response to michipod

On my High Sierra (10.13.6) and Mojave (10.14.3) systems, Quick Look just shows me the source content of my .tex files. The default Open with application at the top of that Quick Look window is MacVim.



No Automator. No other configuration. MacVim will pop open a window based on my ~/.gvimrc settings and all is good. I have the full MacTeX 2018 installation.

Add Quick Look preview for Automator Application (ASCII-files)

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