Error when Quicklooking a Rust file on macos macOS version: 26.1 (25B78) #332
Description
macOS version: 26.1 (25B78)
Syntax Highlight Version 2.1.27 (76)
Syntax Highlight reports an error when trying to quicklook any rust file.
highlight: Could not read input file: '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'.
Changing the file extension to .c will colorize the file and quicklook it as expected.
Error reported when Quicklooking the main.rs file (any rust file) with the following colorize.log:
2025-12-11 14:09:47.513 Start processing /Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs …
2025-12-11 14:09:47.513 Detected UTI: org.rust-lang.rust
2025-12-11 14:09:47.516 Highlight dataDir: /Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share
2025-12-11 14:09:47.516 Highlight theme: /Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share/themes/edit-xcode
2025-12-11 14:09:47.516 Highlight syntax: rust
2025-12-11 14:09:47.516 Start colorizing /Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs …
2025-12-11 14:09:47.516 Executing '/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/colorize.sh' '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Starting `colorize.sh`
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 # Install `gdate` with `brew install coreutils` to show the nanoseconds time stamp #
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Target to colorize: '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Resolved to language: rust
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Reader: cat '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Highlight: /Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/bin/highlight
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Generating the preview…
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 $ "/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/bin/highlight" -T '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs' --syntax=rust --quiet --include-style --encoding=UTF-8 --replace-tabs=4 --font=SFMono-Regular --font-size=14.00 --out-format=rtf --page-color --char-styles -v -v --ls-exec=/Users/toto/.rustup/toolchains/stable-aarch64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-analyzer --data-dir=/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share --style=/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share/themes/edit-xcode.theme --validate-input -i '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
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highlight: Could not read input file:
'/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Error 1!
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 -------------------------------------------------
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 First try failed, second try with txt language…
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Generating the preview…
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 $ "/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/bin/highlight" -T '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs' --syntax=txt --quiet --include-style --encoding=UTF-8 --replace-tabs=4 --font=SFMono-Regular --font-size=14.00 --out-format=rtf --page-color --char-styles -v -v --ls-exec=/Users/toto/.rustup/toolchains/stable-aarch64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-analyzer --data-dir=/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share --style=/Applications/Syntax Highlight.app/Contents/Resources/highlight/share/themes/edit-xcode.theme --validate-input -i '/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
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highlight: Could not read input file:
'/Users/toto/Documents/hello_world/src/main.rs'
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Error 1!
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 -------------------------------------------------
2025-12-11 14:09:47.000 Reached the end of the file. That should not happen.
2025-12-11 14:09:47.591 ERROR: colorize.sh failed with exit code 101:
2025-12-11 14:09:47.591 OS Appearance: light
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