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: opening a buffer as read-only as default Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:26:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <26282458.post@talk.nabble.com> 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 1257951145 20126 80.91.229.12 (11 Nov 2009 14:52:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:52:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 11 15:52:18 2009 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 1N8EYN-00029a-QG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:52:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48686 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8EYN-00049v-9v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8EAU-0003Hj-O5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8EAN-0003Cc-M3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55123 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8EAN-0003BJ-5s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:23 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52781) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8EAM-0003F4-Qh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N8EAK-0005LE-80 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:20 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:20 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:20 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 41 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <26282458.post@talk.nabble.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:69661 Archived-At: rotlas wrote: > Which is the simplest way to have Emacs opening all files as read-only? That > is not only by using C-x C-r but also when selecting a file in a directory > buffer. ,----[ C-h k v ] | v runs the command dired-view-file | which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired.el'. | It is bound to v, . | (dired-view-file) | | In Dired, examine a file in view mode, returning to Dired when done. | When file is a directory, show it in this buffer if it is inserted. | Otherwise, display it in another buffer. | | [back] `---- > And also preventing C-x C-f from opening a file as writable. (add-hook 'find-file-hook (lambda () (setq buffer-read-only t))) > I would like it to be possible to toggle the read-only state, though. ,----[ C-h k C-x C-q ] | C-x C-q runs the command toggle-read-only | which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `files.el'. | It is bound to C-x C-q. | (toggle-read-only &optional arg) | | Change whether this buffer is visiting its file read-only. | With prefix argument arg, make the buffer read-only if arg is | positive, otherwise make it writable. If visiting file read-only | and `view-read-only' is non-nil, enter view mode. | | [back] `---- -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA