# QuickLook for .scrbl files under macOS Ventura

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770 "2023-03-10T15:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![plragde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@plragde](https://racket.discourse.group/u/plragde)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770/1 "2023-03-10T15:11:17Z")

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Anyone know how to enable this? I am migrating to a new laptop and OS version. It worked under Monterey but I may have done something in the past to enable it, which I cannot remember, of course. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770/2 "2023-03-11T18:15:49Z")

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I found `qlmanage` and tried `qlmanage -m plugins`. I think `public.plain.text` is the right one but I've not worked out how yet

> ` public.plain-text -> /System/Library/QuickLook/Text.qlgenerator (965.1)`

I seem to remember doing something a long time ago so rkt and scrbl files would be treated as text.

There are a large number of plugins you can install from third parties like brew, but I'd prefer to do a setting for something this simple. So I've asked on [preview - how to Quick Look text files with custom file extensions in Finder - Ask Different](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/457033/how-do-i-associate-arbitary-filetypes-with-the-quicklook-plain-text-generator)

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**Author:** ![soegaard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/soegaard/32/19_2.png) [@soegaard](https://racket.discourse.group/u/soegaard)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770/3 "2023-03-12T14:56:39Z")

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It seems QuicklookStephen is recommended by many.

> **[GitHub - whomwah/qlstephen: A QuickLook plugin that lets you view plain text...](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen)**
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> A QuickLook plugin that lets you view plain text files without a file extension - GitHub - whomwah/qlstephen: A QuickLook plugin that lets you view plain text files without a file extension

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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770/4 "2023-03-12T15:41:08Z")

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And it seems that text files with extensions can’t be added to the current plain text quick look generator. You must use a third party generator like quicklookstephen or wrote your own  
[QuickLook | Apple Developer Documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/quicklook/)

Stephen :beetle:  
(No relation to quicklookstephen)

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**Author:** ![plragde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@plragde](https://racket.discourse.group/u/plragde)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/quicklook-for-scrbl-files-under-macos-ventura/1770/5 "2023-03-12T17:25:50Z")

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I had qlstephen installed earlier, but it stopped working for me somewhere around Monterey. It appears that people can get it working on Ventura and Apple silicon but it takes some effort. I hate computers.