====== Preview and select unknown text files in Mac OS X ======

Quick patch to allow previewing plain text files with unknown extension by simply pressing ''Spacebar'' in Mac OS X Finder.


====== What to do ======
  - Download QLStephen plugin: [[https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen]]
  - Copy file ''QLStephen.qlgenerator'' to directory ''/Library/QuickLook/''
  - Optionally, to allow **selection of text** right from the preview, copy and paste this into terminal: <code>defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true</code>
  - Restart Finder (manually or by typing ''killall Finder'' into Terminal)


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