Re: QuickLook generators in application

FROM : Eric Gorr
DATE : Thu Nov 29 22:43:42 2007

You're welcome.

p.s. There is a quicklook-dev mailing list...

On Nov 29, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Todd Ransom wrote:

> Thanks Eric, that did the trick. I will go file a bug.
>
> Todd Ransom
> Return Self Software
> http://returnself.com
>
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> On Nov 29, 2007, at 2:35 PM, Eric Gorr wrote:
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>> The documentation is wrong. Bug reports have already been filed, 
>> but =20=

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>> I would suggest you file one as well.
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>> Your generator should go into MyApp.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook/
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>> On Nov 29, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Todd Ransom wrote:
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>>> I am trying to add QuickLook support for my application but the =20
>>> QuickLook daemon does not seem to be recognizing my generator when 
>>> =20=

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>>> I place it in my application package. The documentation states:
>>>
>>> You can store a Quick Look generator in an application bundle =20
>>> (inMyApp.app/Contents/Resources/QuickLook/) or in one of the =20
>>> standard file-system locations:
>>>
>>> ~/Library/QuickLook=97third party generators, accessible only to =20
>>> logged-in user
>>> /Library/QuickLook=97third party generators, accessible to all 
>>> users =20=

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>>> of the system
>>> /System/Library/QuickLook=97Apple-provided generators, accessible 
>>> to =20=

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>>> all users of the system
>>>
>>> but that does not seem to be true. If I copy my generator to ~/=20
>>> Library/QuickLook it works fine, but if I put it in my app package 
>>> =20=

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>>> at the specified location it is not found.
>>>
>>> Is this an error in the docs or am I doing something wrong?

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