Re: Help in Emacs

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> "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.

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