MacOS question with kt files:
when i press spaceba...
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Colton Idle
06/13/2025, 10:12 PMMacOS question with kt files:
when i press spacebar on a file in finder it doesn't show the text preview. how can i change this? i basically want all of my toml, kts, and kt files to be previewable since they're just text.
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theapache64
06/13/2025, 10:13 PMwhen i press spacebar on a file in finder it doesn’t show the text preview.wait.. i didn’t knw this 😄 now i also want Kotlin support 😛
theapache64
06/13/2025, 10:29 PM@Colton Idle is this what you’re looking for? 👀
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Colton Idle
06/13/2025, 10:59 PMyeah!
Colton Idle
06/13/2025, 10:59 PMSHOW ME YOUR WAYS
Colton Idle
06/13/2025, 11:00 PMive tried a few plugins from github (installed via brew) but none of them worked.
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ephemient
06/14/2025, 1:07 AMdunno about other alternatives but https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight seems to work for me
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theapache64
06/14/2025, 3:21 AMtry
brew install --cask jpc-qlcolorcodebrew install --cask qlstephenc
Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:28 AMdidn't work. do i have to do anything after installing?
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theapache64
06/14/2025, 3:28 AMwhat’s the error ur getting ?
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Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:31 AMno error. it just doesn't do anything when hitting spacebar besides showing me the typical preview
Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:31 AMlike. is there an app you need to open or something?
Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:31 AMi feel like im missing a step lol
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theapache64
06/14/2025, 3:31 AMmaybe try change the default app to “TextEditor” ? 🤔
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Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:32 AMcool. tried @ephemient’s suggestion and it worked! woot!
Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:32 AMnoice!
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theapache64
06/14/2025, 3:32 AMgreat! 🚀
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Colton Idle
06/14/2025, 3:33 AMsuch a great productivity boost for me 😃 I love using preview with txt files. glad i finally caved and tried for kt files. lol
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