Re: Help in Emacs

[Kevin Rodgers]

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