Can't file filter for .tex files.

[nikivi]

When I try and create a filter for .tex files, it defaults to something strange and just doesn't work. Here is a screencast to show better what I mean : http://quick.as/oxjmIlvJR

 

Thank you for any help.

[Andrew]

Thank you for any help.

 

 

Are these files in the default search scope and being found when doing a standard file search in Alfred using the 'open' keyword?

 

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[moving to help sub-forum]

[nikivi]

Are these files in the default search scope and being found when doing a standard file search in Alfred using the 'open' keyword?

 

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[moving to help sub-forum]

 

Yes there are in the default search scope. They are in my ~/Documents folder and that is index by Alfred.

[dfay]

Try rebuilding launch services - see http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/9196-add-specific-file-type-in-this-case-markdown/?hl=%2Blaunch+%2Bservices#entry45898

[Andrew]

Yes there are in the default search scope. They are in my ~/Documents folder and that is index by Alfred.

 

 

Are they being found with the 'open' keyword in Alfred? If they are being found, can you pop one of the files in this metadata tool and let me know the output:

 

https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[nikivi]

Are they being found with the 'open' keyword in Alfred? If they are being found, can you pop one of the files in this metadata tool and let me know the output:

 

https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip

 

Cheers,

Andrew

 

Yeah, it is found with open command : ('o' is for open here)

 

 

 

Here is the log for one of the tex files : 

 

/Users/nikivi/Documents/text/LaTeX/uni_latex/data_structures_latex/ExampleHomework.tex

 

Internal File Metadata

======================

 

 Display Name: ExampleHomework.tex

    Alt Names: 

    File Type: public.tex

     Comments: 

     Keywords: 

    Last Used: 

 

Raw mdls File Metadata

======================

 

_kMDItemOwnerUserID            = 501

kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2014-02-03 16:01:06 +0000

kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2014-02-03 16:01:06 +0000

kMDItemContentType             = "public.tex"

kMDItemContentTypeTree         = (

    "public.tex",

    "public.text",

    "public.data",

    "public.item",

    "public.content"

)

kMDItemDateAdded               = 2016-07-01 19:18:32 +0000

kMDItemDisplayName             = "ExampleHomework.tex"

kMDItemFSContentChangeDate     = 2014-02-03 16:01:06 +0000

kMDItemFSCreationDate          = 2014-02-03 16:01:06 +0000

kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = ""

kMDItemFSFinderFlags           = 0

kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon         = (null)

kMDItemFSInvisible             = 0

kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden     = 0

kMDItemFSIsStationery          = (null)

kMDItemFSLabel                 = 0

kMDItemFSName                  = "ExampleHomework.tex"

kMDItemFSNodeCount             = (null)

kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID          = 20

kMDItemFSOwnerUserID           = 501

kMDItemFSSize                  = 2466

kMDItemFSTypeCode              = ""

kMDItemKind                    = "TeX File"

kMDItemLogicalSize             = 2466

kMDItemPhysicalSize            = 4096

[dfay]

out of curiosity did rebuilding Launch Services not work? the dyn.adfhladjksfjlakdsfjaldfkjasdjkl filetype was what led me to that fix before

[nikivi]

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out of curiosity did rebuilding Launch Services not work? the dyn.adfhladjksfjlakdsfjaldfkjasdjkl filetype was what led me to that fix before

No unfortunately it didn't

 

I am also kind of worried now whether that reset affected anything on my system. Perhaps it is irrational, I just don't fully understand what that command did.

[dfay]

Should be fine - Launch Services is the database that tells OS X what program to use to open a particular file.  It gets corrupted now and again, and loses track of file types (hence the dyn. prefix - dynamically generated, instead of the correct identifier for a tex file).

[deanishe]

EDIT: Ignore this post. Not relevant to this thread (I did't notice the metadata Niki posted previously). I'll leave it here as a testament to my dumbness, and also because this can be an issue with dyn.* filetypes.

 

Should be fine - Launch Services is the database that tells OS X what program to use to open a particular file.  It gets corrupted now and again, and loses track of file types (hence the dyn. prefix - dynamically generated, instead of the correct identifier for a tex file).

 
It's also possible that no application is setting a UTI for .tex files. That's not unusual with apps that aren't real Mac apps (the developer often doesn't know they have to do that), or aren't application bundles at all.
 
What I've done on occasion is create a stub do-nothing application (by, for example, saving an AppleScript as an application), then editing its Info.plist to define a UTI for the offending file extension.
 
For example, I don't have a BitTorrent client installed on my Mac, so I use a stub application to define the proper UTI and assign an icon for .torrent files.

Edited September 9, 2016 by deanishe

[Andrew]

The metadata for that file looks ok - try adding "public.tex" manually as the file filter type (instead of dragging in and seeing the dyn type)

[nikivi]

-- NORMAL --

 

 

The metadata for that file looks ok - try adding "public.tex" manually as the file filter type (instead of dragging in and seeing the dyn type)

 

Thank you, that solved it.

[nikivi]

-- NORMAL --

 

The metadata for that file looks ok - try adding "public.tex" manually as the file filter type (instead of dragging in and seeing the dyn type)

How can I give my tex files an image in Alfred prompt?

 

It shows as blank files : 

 

 

And in Finder it shows with normal icon of app that opens these files :