straycat
Oct 13, 2009, 08:31 AM
[UPDATED] 17-12-2009
custom quicklook plugins:
http://www.quicklookplugins.com/
http://www.qlplugins.com/
more:
MacOS X QuickLook and SpotLight plugins for ROOT files (http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/macos-x-quicklook-and-spotlight-plugins-root-files)
Quick Look plugin for Processing sketches (http://mac.krokoarch.lv/en/projekti/processingql) NEW
or make your own if you can:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html
just install them in library/quicklook/ or users/you/library/quicklook
faq:
Why some file formats are properly displayed, and some other not?
QuickLook scans the plug-ins in the following order:
- First, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the application bundle
- Then, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the current user
- Last, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the system
Maybe you have another plug-in at a higher priority level, that claims to manage the same kind of files.
How to know to which plug-in a file format is related?
Under Terminal, enter "qlmanage -m"
How to ask QuickLook to reset the relations between file formats and plug-ins?
Under Terminal, enter "qlmanage -r"
How to relate a file format to a specific plug-in?
In its current state, the QuickLook technology doesn't enable this. A request for improvement has been sent to Apple.
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custom contextual menu commands:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/on_my_command.html
with omc you can access a huge library of built-in of contextual menu commands provided by the user community, download new ones and create your own or change existing ones.
commands added in omc editor will be available immediately in pf, without relaunching.
for example, i made contextual menu items to:
- delete all thumbs.db and desktop.ini files from a folder (recursevely)
- folder an item: invoking the command on file_a.jpg and file_b.jpg will place each one automatically in its own folder named after the file (minus extension).
in omc, there's also an option to convert a command into a droplet and assign an icon to it. this way you can drag droplets of your favorite commands to pf's toolbar instead of accesing them contextually.
online command library:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/commands/commands.php
or download new from the program itself.
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contextual menu commands for 64bit apps:
http://www.abracode.com/free/cmworkshop/shortcuts.html
"What is it?
Shortcuts is a Mac OS X application to assign hot keys to contextual menu items. It works only with menu items added by contextual menu plug-ins. Version 2.0 also allows you to display a menu with items added by CM plug-ins.
Requirements
Mac OS 10.5 or higher.
Some useful contextual menu plug-ins highly recommended.
In Mac OS 10.6 Shortcuts is the only method to use contextual menu plug-ins in 64 bit applications."
more contextual menu apps:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/commands/commands.php
custom quicklook plugins:
http://www.quicklookplugins.com/
http://www.qlplugins.com/
more:
MacOS X QuickLook and SpotLight plugins for ROOT files (http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/macos-x-quicklook-and-spotlight-plugins-root-files)
Quick Look plugin for Processing sketches (http://mac.krokoarch.lv/en/projekti/processingql) NEW
or make your own if you can:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html
just install them in library/quicklook/ or users/you/library/quicklook
faq:
Why some file formats are properly displayed, and some other not?
QuickLook scans the plug-ins in the following order:
- First, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the application bundle
- Then, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the current user
- Last, in the Library/QuickLook folder of the system
Maybe you have another plug-in at a higher priority level, that claims to manage the same kind of files.
How to know to which plug-in a file format is related?
Under Terminal, enter "qlmanage -m"
How to ask QuickLook to reset the relations between file formats and plug-ins?
Under Terminal, enter "qlmanage -r"
How to relate a file format to a specific plug-in?
In its current state, the QuickLook technology doesn't enable this. A request for improvement has been sent to Apple.
---
custom contextual menu commands:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/on_my_command.html
with omc you can access a huge library of built-in of contextual menu commands provided by the user community, download new ones and create your own or change existing ones.
commands added in omc editor will be available immediately in pf, without relaunching.
for example, i made contextual menu items to:
- delete all thumbs.db and desktop.ini files from a folder (recursevely)
- folder an item: invoking the command on file_a.jpg and file_b.jpg will place each one automatically in its own folder named after the file (minus extension).
in omc, there's also an option to convert a command into a droplet and assign an icon to it. this way you can drag droplets of your favorite commands to pf's toolbar instead of accesing them contextually.
online command library:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/commands/commands.php
or download new from the program itself.
---
contextual menu commands for 64bit apps:
http://www.abracode.com/free/cmworkshop/shortcuts.html
"What is it?
Shortcuts is a Mac OS X application to assign hot keys to contextual menu items. It works only with menu items added by contextual menu plug-ins. Version 2.0 also allows you to display a menu with items added by CM plug-ins.
Requirements
Mac OS 10.5 or higher.
Some useful contextual menu plug-ins highly recommended.
In Mac OS 10.6 Shortcuts is the only method to use contextual menu plug-ins in 64 bit applications."
more contextual menu apps:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/commands/commands.php