Friday, September 26, 2008

TUAW Tip: Add file extensions to Quick Look

TUAW Tip: Add file extensions to Quick Look

Filed under: Hacks, Terminal Tips, TUAW Tips

TUAW reader David wrote us to ask how he could view .erb files (Rails development) in Quick Look. The fact is, there are a lot of plain-text files with extensions that Quick Look doesn't recognize. It's relatively straightforward to tell Quick Look to treat these files like any other text file and preview them as plain text; it does require diving into plist files and possibly breaking an application, so don't dive in unless you're comfortable and fully backed up. Read on for a short tour of Quick Look hacking basics ...

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