Add Quick Look support for Chatlogs

[moehnetiger]

MacOS X 10.5 aka Leopard has a new feature called  Quick Look. It allows you to preview files without opening any special application. Since the new xml-chatlogs can't be viewed in a web-browser like the old html-chatlogs, it would be nice if we had a Quick Look plugin for them.

[evands]

This can not be done publicly until 10.5 is released.

The transform from #6569 plus a WebView might be a good way for someone interested in adding support to write a Quick Look plugin.

[dharris]

Xcode project to create QuickLook plugin for Adium chat files

[dharris]

I've just uploaded an xcode project file for creating a quicklook plugin. This could be used as a starting point.

To try this out:

1. Download and unpack the zip file
2. Build the project in xcode
3. Create $HOME/Library/QuickLook
4. Copy AdiumChatQuickLook.qlgenerator to ~/Library/QuickLook
5. At a command line, type "qlmanage -r" and hit return.

Now when you find an Adium chat log file in Finder (by browsing or via spotlight), you can hit the spacebar and preview up to the first 50 lines of the chat.

[dharris]

Adium QuickLook plugin

[dharris]

I've also added a compiled version. Unzip the file and drop it into ~/Library/QuickLook (create the directory if it doesn't exist).

[jchang]

Would someone mind updating this for the whole log instead of 50 lines, and for the new chatlog format in 1.3? Thanks (:

[dharris]

I built this plugin in an afternoon. My rationale for only including 50 lines was that it was typically enough data for me to recall the context of the conversation -- and that's how I use QuickLook. I don't use it for reading full Word documents nor do I expect that I can zoom into details of photos.

I also didn't want to have the preview to take too long to load if I were on a long conversation -- QuickLook :-).

I haven't tried the 1.3 betas yet and so don't know how the chat log has changed. If anybody else would like to take this on, I'd be happy to answer questions about the code. My email address has the same username that I have here on gmail.com

[jchang]

Well, the chatlog is just a bundle now, and the .xml file simply resides within it. The .xml file itself is the same as the old .chatlog though.

I tried copying some code over from  http://trac.adiumx.com/browser/trunk/Other/Adium%20Spotlight%20Importer/GetMetadataForFile.m?rev=23500 to see if I could have the plugin detect the chatlog type, but since I don't know any Obj-c, I was far from being successful.

[jhagman]

I got the QuickLookPlugin working. It looks ugly, but works now.

The previous xcode project was just inches from touchdown. I just

* Updated the project to generate 64/32 bit plugin * fixed the code so that XML is read from the actual xml file and not the directory

[jhagman]

Working QuickLook plugin.

[jhagman]

Project for building the QuickLook plugin

[mathuaerknedam]

Can you make it also work with old (non-bundle/dir chatlog) logs? How about the (really) old AdiumHTMLLog files?

[jhagman]

The non-bundle ones should be easy, I'll do that now. I would need an example of the really old files to see what to do with them.

[jhagman]

OK, I think I have the non bundle ones working now. I'll see the really old files tomorrow.

[jhagman]

Project file, supports current and previous format.

[jhagman]

QuickLookGenerator, supports current and previous format.

[jhagman]

Now works with all the three formats. Still does not look good, but good enough for me. Also the html and xml logs look different. I hope this at least serves as a starting point for further work.

[jhagman]

Latest version of the QL plugin binary

[jhagman]

The project archive.

[mathuaerknedam]

I can confirm that it works for all three log versions.

Anyone know if there are other logs variants to parse?

[assetburned]

it would be cool if it could place in the adium installer.