From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help in Emacs Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:47:28 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20081017095807.BB30CD5074@spunkymail-mx9.g.dreamhost.com> <871vyfouoq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224305286 17680 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2008 04:48:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:48:06 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 18 06:49:07 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kr3kN-0001GA-QP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:49:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40274 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kr3jI-000094-Q1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:47:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kr3iu-00008F-Sf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:47:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kr3it-00007g-0z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:47:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34051 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kr3is-00007X-LE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:47:30 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:44543 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kr3is-0006bD-Do for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:47:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Kr3in-00021A-MJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:47:25 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:47:25 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:47:25 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) In-Reply-To: <871vyfouoq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58898 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: > "Rupam Jaiswal" 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. Or from the command line: emacs --eval "(find-file-read-only \"Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em.txt\")" You can also define a new command line option, like this: ;; Usage: emacs --read-only FILE (defun command-line-find-file-read-only (switch) (find-file-read-only (pop command-line-args-left))) (add-to-list 'command-switch-alist '("--read-only" . command-line-find-file-read-only)) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA