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"Rupam Jaiswal" <rupamj@rediff.co.in> writes:

> In order to avoid editing. Is there any way to open emacs in view mode
> and not edit mode.(Just like in vi editior,where file can be open in
> view mode by command view FileName).

C-x C-r visits a file in read-only mode.