besi / quicklook-dot

OSX QuickLook Plugin for Graphviz dot files

QuicklookDot

This bundle allows you to conveniently preview dot files in a OSX QuickLook preview.

Installation

• The dot binary is a pre-requisite. Install it from http://www.graphviz.org

• To be sure install a symbolic link in your Terminal

    ln -s `which dot` /usr/bin/dot
  

• Download the current version of the plugin from the "Downloads" section

• Copy the QuickLook plugin bundle with the .qlgenerator ending to the folder ~/Library/QuickLook (Create the folder, if it does not exist)

Using the plugin

• You should be able to preview your .dot or .gv files using the space key in Finder.

• You also see a preview if your file is selected and if you are in column mode (`⌘+ 3).

• You can use a simple HelloWorld.dot

    digraph G{
    	Hello -> World
    	this -> is -> a -> test
    }
  

Development

Git repository: [e-mail]:besi/quicklook-dot.git

Debugging

defaults write -g QLEnableLogging YES

# Create preview from the command line
qlmanage -p ~/Dropbox/projects/OSX/quicklook-dot/sample.dot

Links

• DOT on Wikipedia
• Graphviz DOT Gallery
• quicklook-dot was inpired by qlmarkdown