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https://github.com/tobeycarman/QLNetcdf

A QuickLook Plugin for previewing NetCDF files.
https://github.com/tobeycarman/QLNetcdf

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A QuickLook Plugin for previewing NetCDF files.

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QLNetcdf
========
A QuickLook Plugin for previewing
[NetCDF](http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/) files. Use 'spacebar'
when navigating in OSX Finder to view the "header" (info ouput by `ncdump -h`)
for NetCDF files.

__Requires that `ncdump` is installed at `/usr/local/bin` !__

Fortunately if you installed `netcdf` using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh) (with
the default settings) then `ncdump` should exist in the correct location
already.

Example
-------
Here is an example.

![Screen shot](/images/example0.png?raw=true "QLNetcdf generator in action")

Installing
-----------
Download one of the releases and copy the QLNetcdf.qlgenerator file to your
`~/Library/QuickLook/` directory (or `/Library/QuickLook/` to make the plugin
available to all users).

You may have to force the QuickLook Server to reload so it picks up the new
generator:

$ qlmnange -r

Known Issues
------------
Sometimes the plugin fails to work (no preview is rendered). The best fix I
have found is to force-relaunch Finder (`cmd+option+esc`)

Building
--------
The xcode project file is supplied with the project. The project has been built
with xcode 4.6 and xcode 5.1