ColorXml QuickLook v1.2

Freeware by CED Lecca 2007-2009 (Minor updates by Aubin Paul in 2018)

This is a simple QuickLook plugin which enables to display XML files with indentation and XML syntax coloring.

Usage:

1. Drag the colorxml.qlgenerator file to /Library/QuickLook
2. Reboot or logout or execute the command qlmanage -r from the Terminal
3. Enjoy quicklook on XML Files!

Note: includes the following xsl stylesheet to generate an HTML version of the XML file:

xmlverbatim by Oliver Becker

Advanced users note: It works by transforming the XML in an HTML file, it is possible to change the styles used in the display by modifying the file colorxml.qlgenerator/Contents/Resources/xmlverbatimwrapper.xsl in the package.

The program now handles the following XML-based file types:

• XML
• XSL thanks to Simone
• XSD thanks to Alan Pagliere
• RSS
• GXL thanks to Nicolas Sidere
• plist thanks to Stephan Ruggiero
• MXML thanks to Pedro Jimenez

Adding new XML-based Types

• Open the Terminal
• execute the command

qlmanage -d 4 -t <filename>

• the output will include a line like this:

[DEBUG] Thumbnailing /usr/share/texinfo/texinfo.xsl - type: dyn.xxxxxx -

• write down the Content UTI Type (dyn.xxxxxx)

• backup the file /Library/QuickLook/colorxml.qlgenerator/Contents/Info.plist in a safe place

• edit the file /Library/QuickLook/colorxml.qlgenerator/Contents/Info.plist

• add the new Content Type UTI in the XML file in the list:

<array>
 <string>public.xml</string>
 <string>public.xsd</string>
 <string>dyn.ah62d4rv4ge81u65q</string>
        ...
</array>

• execute the command qlmanage -r to reset quicklook
• go to the Finder and check if the preview works.. if it doesn't work, restore the Info.plist from the backup and execute qlmanage -r again