I’ve created a QuickLookMsgPack.qlgenerator
, which is placed in ~/Library/QuickLook/QuickLookMsgPack.qlgenerator
.
qlmanage
find it:
$ qlmanage -m plugins | grep QuickLookMsgPack
se.xyz.msgpack -> ~/Library/QuickLook/QuickLookMsgPack.qlgenerator (1.0)
I can even debug it using:
qlmanage -p -c se.xyz.msgpack ~/Downloads/path/2023-03-16_15-13-47.912-write.msg
However, Finder never uses my generator, it just show the generic “Quick Look”. Here’s how it looks in Finder:
Here’s the relevant parts of my Info.plist:
<array>
<dict>
<key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
<array>
<string>public.data</string>
</array>
<key>UTTypeDescription</key>
<string>Message pack document</string>
<key>UTTypeIconFile</key>
<string>public.text.icns</string>
<key>UTTypeIdentifier</key>
<string>se.xyz.msgpack</string>
<key>UTTypeTagSpecification</key>
<dict>
<key>public.filename-extension</key>
<array>
<string>msg</string>
<string>pack</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>QLGenerator</string>
<key>LSItemContentTypes</key>
<array>
<string>se.xyz.msgpack</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>