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8 weeks ago
Ted Fischer: This is a fantastic plugin! Unfortunately, it doesn't work with csv data generated from FileMaker Pro. I wonder if it's because FMP encloses the data in parentheses. Is there any way to fix that?
Thanks, Ted
FMPA 8.5 Mac OS 10.5.7
Ted Fischer: This is a fantastic plugin! Unfortunately, it doesn't work with csv data generated from FileMaker Pro. I wonder if it's because FMP encloses the data in parentheses. Is there any way to fix that?
Thanks, Ted
FMPA 8.5 Mac OS 10.5.7
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13 weeks ago
Pascal: Nice tip, thanks! Looks like rsnapshot.org was also inspired by Mike Rubel's post, but done a little more professional than my version. :)
Pascal: Nice tip, thanks! Looks like rsnapshot.org was also inspired by Mike Rubel's post, but done a little more professional than my version. :)
13 weeks ago
zero: You might be interested in rsnapshot(http://rsnapshot.org). It can do snapshot backups using rsync. Timemachine might be the best comparison to its features... It's available through macports.
zero: You might be interested in rsnapshot(http://rsnapshot.org). It can do snapshot backups using rsync. Timemachine might be the best comparison to its features... It's available through macports.
13 weeks ago
Bogdan: With git, repository history rewriting is possible, but I have never tried that (only using git for less than a year).
Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience. In some environments (like whole server backup) using git/svn for backup is not really a good idea.
Bogdan: With git, repository history rewriting is possible, but I have never tried that (only using git for less than a year).
Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience. In some environments (like whole server backup) using git/svn for backup is not really a good idea.
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QuickLook Plugin for CSV files
Sunday, July 5th 2009 - 23:01 • 2 updates, last Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 22:16
This one bugged me a long time, and over the weekend I decided that it's finally time to roll it: I created a simple QuickLook Plugin for CSV files.
The nice thing is - the Finder also uses this Plugin to create the Finder Icons. For speed reasons I decided to limit the display to the first 200 rows maximum, but since this thing is Open Source, you can change that whenever you like. The project website is here: http://code.google.com/p/quicklook-csv/. There you can also find a DMG containing a pre-compiled binary ready to use after download.
One thing that I'm not so sure is the UTI (Uniform Type Identifier) for CSV files. The plugin currently registers for the types listed in the Wiki, but OS X handles CSV files somewhat strange. I think the UTI for CSV files should be public.csv, analog to public.html or public.plain-text. But (at least on my Macs) OS X uses dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80g650. Well, whatever. If you discover other UTIs, please tell me so I can include these in the plugin. Otherwise it won't work for you.
Update Sept 8. 2009
Since Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple uses public.comma-separated-values-text as UTI. Fine with me. :)
The nice thing is - the Finder also uses this Plugin to create the Finder Icons. For speed reasons I decided to limit the display to the first 200 rows maximum, but since this thing is Open Source, you can change that whenever you like. The project website is here: http://code.google.com/p/quicklook-csv/. There you can also find a DMG containing a pre-compiled binary ready to use after download.
One thing that I'm not so sure is the UTI (Uniform Type Identifier) for CSV files. The plugin currently registers for the types listed in the Wiki, but OS X handles CSV files somewhat strange. I think the UTI for CSV files should be public.csv, analog to public.html or public.plain-text. But (at least on my Macs) OS X uses dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80g650. Well, whatever. If you discover other UTIs, please tell me so I can include these in the plugin. Otherwise it won't work for you.
Update Sept 8. 2009
Since Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple uses public.comma-separated-values-text as UTI. Fine with me. :)
Micheal J. at 05.07.2009 23:36
Nice job! Definitely a much nicer looking plug-in over the really simplistic one I had created. Added the note on Server Fault as well.
Nice job! Definitely a much nicer looking plug-in over the really simplistic one I had created. Added the note on Server Fault as well.
manducasexta at 08.09.2009 20:41
Awesome!
Awesome!
Ted Fischer at 12.01.2010 19:46
This is a fantastic plugin! Unfortunately, it doesn't work with csv data generated from FileMaker Pro. I wonder if it's because FMP encloses the data in parentheses. Is there any way to fix that?
Thanks, Ted
FMPA 8.5 Mac OS 10.5.7
This is a fantastic plugin! Unfortunately, it doesn't work with csv data generated from FileMaker Pro. I wonder if it's because FMP encloses the data in parentheses. Is there any way to fix that?
Thanks, Ted
FMPA 8.5 Mac OS 10.5.7
Pascal at 12.01.2010 21:38
It should not have a problem with parentheses, any valid CSV should work. Is the file Ending ".csv"? Can you send me the output of the following Terminal command?
qlmanage -d1 -t file.csv
It should not have a problem with parentheses, any valid CSV should work. Is the file Ending ".csv"? Can you send me the output of the following Terminal command?
qlmanage -d1 -t file.csv
Pascal: It should not have a problem with parentheses, any valid CSV should work. Is the file Ending ".csv"? Can you send me the output of the following Terminal command?
qlmanage -d1 -t file.csv