[OS X TeX] Leopard Quick Look & TeX

[Thomas Rike]

Adam,

Sorry for the delay. I have been away all day and am just getting back  
to my computer. Thanks for your patience. Here are the results of the  
terminal commands.

mdls /Users/trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex
kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2007-11-30 21:13:38 -0800
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2007-11-30 21:17:29 -0800
kMDItemContentType             = "org.tug.tex"
kMDItemContentTypeTree         = (
     "org.tug.tex",
     "public.text",
     "public.data",
     "public.item",
     "public.content"
)
kMDItemDisplayName             = "quicktest.tex"
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate     = 2007-11-30 21:17:29 -0800
kMDItemFSCreationDate          = 2007-11-30 21:13:38 -0800
kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = "TeXs"
kMDItemFSFinderFlags           = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon         = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible             = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden     = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery          = 0
kMDItemFSLabel                 = 0
kMDItemFSName                  = "quicktest.tex"
kMDItemFSNodeCount             = 0
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID          = 501
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID           = 501
kMDItemFSSize                  = 692
kMDItemFSTypeCode              = "TEXT"
kMDItemKind                    = "TeX Document"
kMDItemLastUsedDate            = 2007-11-30 21:32:24 -0800
kMDItemUsedDates               = (
     2007-11-30 00:00:00 -0800
)

Macintosh-3:~ trike$ qlmanage -r
2007-12-01 21:03:15.361 qlmanage[334:10b] Resetting all generators

Macintosh-3:~ trike$ qlmanage -t /Users/trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex
2007-12-01 21:05:43.222 qlmanage[340:10b] Testing quicklookd  
thumbnails with files:
(
     "/Users/trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex"
)
2007-12-01 21:05:43.230 qlmanage[340:10b] [QL] Succesfully activated  
built-in quicklookd sandbox profile
2007-12-01 21:05:43.263 qlmanage[340:4503] [QL] Thumbnailing /Users/ 
trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex (128 x 128). Content type UTI:  
org.tug.tex. Generator used: <QLGenerator Void>
2007-12-01 21:05:43.266 qlmanage[340:5203] [QL] Registering  
<QLGenerator Built-in> for public.image
----cut---- A LOT OF REGISTERING TO VARIOUS APPLICATIONS FROM SAFARI  
TO ICAL TO MAIL TO IWORK ...
2007-12-01 21:05:43.331 qlmanage[340:5203] [QL] Registering  
<QLGenerator /Applications/LaTeX/LaTeXApps/BibDesk.app/Contents/ 
Library/QuickLook/BibDesk.qlgenerator> for  
net.sourceforge.bibdesk.bdskcache
2007-12-01 21:05:43.333 qlmanage[340:5203] [QL] Registering  
<QLGenerator /Applications/LaTeX/LaTeXApps/BibDesk.app/Contents/ 
Library/QuickLook/BibDesk.qlgenerator> for net.sourceforge.bibdesk.bib
2007-12-01 21:05:43.334 qlmanage[340:4e03] [QL] Thumbnailing /Users/ 
trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex. Content type UTI: org.tug.tex. Generator  
used: None
2007-12-01 21:05:43.334 qlmanage[340:4503] [QL] Thumbnailing for / 
Users/trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex done (No image created).
2007-12-01 21:05:43.335 qlmanage[340:4503] No thumbnail created for file://localhost/Users/trike/Desktop/quicktest.tex

The bottom line is that no image is created. Any advice is welcome.  
Thanks, Tom

On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:03 PM, Thomas Rike wrote:
>
>> I agree it is very explicit, but it isn't working for me.
>> I have added, using BBEdit.app,
>> <string>public.plain-text</string>
>> to the UTTypeConformsTo</key> <array>
>> After saving: moving TeXShop.app, logging off, shutting down, and  
>> using touch on the command line were all unable to cause Quick Look  
>> to view any of my .tex files as text. Have I missed the point?  
>> Thanks for any advise.
>
> That sounds right.  What is the output of the following in Terminal:
>
> 1) `mdls /path/to/file.tex`
> 2) `qlmanage -r /path/to/file.tex`
>
> where /path/to/file.tex comes from dropping a .tex file on Terminal?
>
> -- 
> adam
>
> -------------------------- Helpful Info --------------------------
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/
> List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
> List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
> Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
>