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jfmoyen:
Good evening,

A couple of years ago an user reported a rather nice previewer app, called quicklook (https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook)
(this thread: https://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php?topic=4148.0 )

In the present situation, I'm frustratingly close from getting QL to work with multicommander.

In "filetype setup", I created a new viewer app with extension *.jpg (for time being), replacing therefore the regular MC Picture Viewer. Program path is "C:/path/to/QuickLook.exe", and Program parameters are "${filepath}"

When I select a jpg and press F1, QuickLook dutifully fires and displays the image, as it should. So far, so good.

Now the frustrating part. The nicest feature of QL is that, if you move through your files in windows explorer (with up/down arrow, or by selecting another file with the mouse), QL automatically updates to show the currently selected file.

In multicommander, if I move up/down (or select another file), QL keeps the originally selected file, unless I press F1 again. Now, this is a minor irritant admittedly, but it seems so close from perfection... Is there perhaps a way to tweak my settings so that changing the selected file will trigger the command again, thus forcing QL to "update" ?

Thanks!

Mathias (Author):
QuickLook does not know when the focus of a file in MC changes.

MC got its own preview panel, and there you can preview images/pdf and more insida a tab.. That will update when focus changes. It might not be as extension av quicklook

jfmoyen:

--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on February 12, 2024, 18:57:53 ---QuickLook does not know when the focus of a file in MC changes.

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Indeed, so my question is probably, "is there a way to politely request MC to pass that info to QL" - after all, many file managers manage to do it (Windows, but also many of the *Commander and a slate of others - see https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/File-Managers ). There may be profound technical reasons, of course, but at face value it does not sound implausible or unfeasible, I was wondering whether I had maybe overlooked an obvious setting.


--- Quote ---MC got its own preview panel, and there you can preview images/pdf and more insida a tab.. That will update when focus changes. It might not be as extension av quicklook

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I'm aware of that, but with due respect, QL is more versatile, deals with more file types (pdf, video...), etc. And as far as I'm concerned, it seems a bit pointless to reinvent the wheel...

(and yes, I know that"why don't you just..." is the most infuriating thing to say to a developer, don't get me wrong...  :-) )

Thanks, anyway ! And may I take the opportunity to congratulate you on a great piece of software - it was love at first sight.... :-) Effectively, it does intuitively (almost) everything a file manager should do, in my books at least...

Mathias (Author):

--- Quote from: jfmoyen on February 12, 2024, 21:52:43 ---
--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on February 12, 2024, 18:57:53 ---QuickLook does not know when the focus of a file in MC changes.

--- End quote ---

Indeed, so my question is probably, "is there a way to politely request MC to pass that info to QL" - after all, many file managers manage to do it (Windows, but also many of the *Commander and a slate of others - see https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/File-Managers ). There may be profound technical reasons, of course, but at face value it does not sound implausible or unfeasible, I was wondering whether I had maybe overlooked an obvious setting.


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Only FM that manage to do it is Windows. None of the other 3rd party filemanager can do that from what I see. Don't see any API for 3rd party tools
That it might work in Windows explorer is becuse I think they probably hook them self into the preview handler or into the shell.

Matthias515566:

--- Quote from: Mathias (Author) on February 12, 2024, 18:57:53 ---MC got its own preview panel, and there you can preview images/pdf and more insida a tab..

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This does not work properly. All my PDFs are displayed as empty, and while testing, MultiCommander crashed and was killed. DXF files are also very important for the preview. It would be better to completely remove the feature, as it is not usable in its current state.

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