ansilove / qlansilove

macOS QuickLook plugin for quick views of ANSi, ASCii, and other text mode art.

QLansilove is being moved to archive/read-only. Apple has deprecated quicklook generators in Big Sur in favor of including previews in app extensions. I will look to see if it would be possible to include this functionality in Ascension which is a more appropriate and Apple-like place for this functionality to land. -AK

QLAnsilove

macOS QuickLook plugin for text-mode art supported by the ansilove library. All file formats supported by ansilove are supported by the plugin.

The latest compiled version can be downloaded from Releases.

Installation

Decompress the .zip file and place QLAnsilove.qlgenerator in your /Library/QuickLook folder.

You may need to logout of your macOS session or reload the quicklook demon for the plugin to take effect. To reload the quicklook daemon and refresh plugins type qlmanage -r from the terminal.

File Types Supported

• ANSi (.ANS, .CIA, .ICE)
• Binary (.BIN)
• Artworx (.ADF)
• iCE Draw (.IDF)
• Xbin (.XB)
• PCBoard (.PCB)
• Tundra (.TND)
• ASCII (.ASC)
• Release info (.NFO)
• Description in zipfile (.DIZ)
• Membership in zipfile (.MEM)

Acknowledgements

This plugin is based on the amazing work of ansilove/C and the ansilove.framework.