From: Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Help in Emacs
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:32:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87abd2oty6.fsf@elehack.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1419.1224301974.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
"Rupam Jaiswal" <rupamj@rediff.co.in> writes:
> I am using emacs. Many times, I have to open files just for viewing
> and not
> for editing.but by mistake some or the other lines get edited.
> 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).
There is the command `view-file' which will open a file read-only; in my
Emacs, it does not seem to be bound to any key, but you could bind it to
some convenient key in your .emacs.
Also, after opening a file, you can type C-x C-q (`toggle-read-only') to
put it in read-only mode. In the default mode line, this will also
result in two % characters in the left end of the mode line, indicating
that the file is read-only.
- Michael
--
mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to type.
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2008-10-17 20:03 ` Help in Emacs Chong Yidong
2008-10-18 4:47 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-10-17 9:57 Rupam Jaiswal
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