Add support for previewing .md / .markdown files (as syntax highlighted code, not rendered html)

[kortina]

I looked at your instructions in the README for getting a new file format added. I would love to have support for markdown.

Here is the output of the command you specified:

mdls -name kMDItemContentType -name kMDItemContentTypeTree test.md
kMDItemContentType     = "dyn.ah62d4rv4ge8043a"
kMDItemContentTypeTree = (
    "public.item",
    "dyn.ah62d4rv4ge8043a",
    "public.data"
)

Lmk if you need me to do anything else (or if there are instructions I missed for tweaking my install / settings locally without getting a PR merged to support this).

Thanks!

[sbarex]

If this app were used for markdown, it would show formatted code and not rendered output (see #18 (comment)) . To view a markdown file use QLMarkdown.

[kortina]

@sbarex I actually looked at QLMarkdown as well and I was kind of looking at this repo instead because I just want syntax highlighted, un-rendered markdown code in my quick look (not the rendered html).

I'll update the title of my issue to be specific.

[kortina]

Is this the root cause: #18 (comment)

I surmise the reason the Mardown file does not show up is because of the discrepancy, in master, between QLExtension/Info.plist (where net.daringfireball.markdown is present in the QLSupportedContentTypes key) and Application/Info.plist (where net.daringfireball.markdown is not).

?

[sbarex]

Adding support for markdown files would be very easy, but the problem is that most users prefer to see the formatting of the content and not the code. And sadly, when two programs both handle the same format, there's no effective way to choose which one to use.

[kortina]

Ah, I got you. Thanks!

[sbarex]

Perhaps it would be easier to add an option in qlmarkdown to show source instead of formatting.

[kortina]

@sbarex don't prioritize a change to qlmarkdown on my account -- I'll use it as is.

[sbarex]

Try the release 1.0.7 of QLMarkdown.

[kortina]

Oh, nice, thank you!

I got a crash when I ticked the "Render source code" box, fwiw:

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Translated Report (Full Report Below)
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Process:               QLMarkdown [23264]
Path:                  /Applications/QLMarkdown.app/Contents/MacOS/QLMarkdown
Identifier:            org.sbarex.QLMarkdown
Version:               1.0.7 (32)
Code Type:             ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
User ID:               501

....

Application Specific Information:
terminating with uncaught exception of type std::__1::__fs::filesystem::filesystem_error: filesystem error: in canonical: No such file or directory [themes/.theme] [/Users/kortina/Library/Containers/org.sbarex.QLMarkdown/Data]
abort() called

...

Model: MacBookPro18,4, BootROM 7429.41.5, proc 10:8:2 processors, 64 GB, SMC 

[sbarex]

Try release 1.0.8.

[kortina]

Nice, thank you!

(fyi, not sure if there is supposed to be a dark mode to match system, but this is what it looks like for me.)

Thanks for the amazingly timely updates!

[sbarex]

You can customize the appearance (light and dark) changing the color scheme option. You can also enable line numbers, word wraps and font.

[kortina]

great, thanks!