Text file previews are one of the big reasons I switched to linux, actually.
And, at first, I turned on the option to show previews of text files and it worked perfectly. Now that I've restarted the computer a few times, though, I'm starting to have some issues with it.
Standard text files (with a .txt extension or no extension at all) are showing a blank preview image now. It is still attempting to preview them -- the option to show previews for text files is still turned on, and it's showing a preview of a blank document instead of the text file that exists. It's happening for all folders everywhere, including the desktop.
It is still showing proper previews for certain files, though: if I rename the text file as a .cfg or .ini for example, the preview loads and works perfectly. But if I rename the same file back to .txt, the preview goes blank again. (And those are using the same previewer: .cfg files stop showing previews if I turn off the option to preview text files.)
Screenshots:
These three files are exactly the same, just with different names.
Sometimes, I'm randomly getting this:
Most of the time, I get this:
And, at first, I turned on the option to show previews of text files and it worked perfectly. Now that I've restarted the computer a few times, though, I'm starting to have some issues with it.
Standard text files (with a .txt extension or no extension at all) are showing a blank preview image now. It is still attempting to preview them -- the option to show previews for text files is still turned on, and it's showing a preview of a blank document instead of the text file that exists. It's happening for all folders everywhere, including the desktop.
It is still showing proper previews for certain files, though: if I rename the text file as a .cfg or .ini for example, the preview loads and works perfectly. But if I rename the same file back to .txt, the preview goes blank again. (And those are using the same previewer: .cfg files stop showing previews if I turn off the option to preview text files.)
Screenshots:
These three files are exactly the same, just with different names.
Sometimes, I'm randomly getting this:
Most of the time, I get this:
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