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I just have
packandextractfunctions in my shell RC files that look at file extensions and use the proper tool with proper arguments.Wrote them 10 years ago and they've worked flawlessly ever since!
Brilliant! As an apple engineer, I think I will do the same thing with image previews in iMessage! What can go wrong?
Who could have guessed that an ancient and forgotten image format suddenly gets that big of a revival.