How to preview the content of simple .gz files that only contain plain text

[zyrusete]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

suckless terminal (st)

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 26.1.22 (Crates.io 2026-02-23)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.93.1 (01f6ddf7 2026-02-11)

Ya
    Version: 26.1.22 (Crates.io 2026-02-23)

Config
    Init             : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/init.lua (empty)
    Yazi             : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (7419 chars)
    Keymap           : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (20590 chars)
    Theme            : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/theme.toml (309 chars)
    VFS              : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /home/zyrus/.config/yazi/package.toml (1507 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: "gruvbox-dark" / ""

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("st-256color")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : None
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Right(Unknown { kgp: false, sixel: false }), version: "", light: false, csi_16t: (0, 0), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : X11
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 33, columns: 134, width: 1340, height: 726 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("x11")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/bin/bash")
    EDITOR             : Some("nano")
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : 2.9.8
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1.3-0 / 7.1.3-0
    pdftoppm      : 25.03.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : 0.60
    fd/fdfind     : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 10.2.0
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.14.5
    zoxide        : 0.9.7
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 25.01
    resvg         : 0.45.1
    jq            : 1.7

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : 1.2.1

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

I can preview almost any file by hovering over it, except for simple plain text .gz files, such as NEWS.gz, which only contains the NEWS file and its content is plain text. I've tried plugins like ouch and zless-preview without success. Is there any way to do this without having to decompress the .gz file first?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
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