SHANKAR R-R66203 wrote:
How do I open a new file in a new tab, but in the read only mode.
:tabedit -R file_name
Does not seem to work.
Why would you think it would? I see no mention of a "-R" modifier for
tabedit. Here's the
help for tabedit:
:tabe[dit] *:tabe* *:tabedit* *:tabnew*
:tabnew Open a new tab page with an empty window, after the current
tab page.
:tabe[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file}
:tabnew [++opt] [+cmd] {file}
Open a new tab page and edit {file}, like with |:edit|.
No minus-anythings there. At least it'd seem more likely that a "+"
something might work...
OK, so let's look around:
:he tab<tab>
to see a list of tab related help items/commands. The first command on
that list is
:tab
The help for that says:
Execute {cmd} and when it opens a new window open a new tab page
instead. ..snip..
OK, so let's look around for something that will open a new window, but
in read-only
mode. Doing :he readonly<tab> gives us readonly, write-readonly, and
noreadonly,
none of which seem to me to be likely to help. So, let's try
:helpgrep readonly
:cope
Look over the list of matches in the quickfix window (which is what
:cope opened)
for windows.txt; because, after all, what you want is to open a readonly
window.
Hmm, there's a line:
windows.txt|185 col 30| Same as ":split", but set 'readonly' option for
this buffer.
which, when I hit the <cr> and go to it, mentions something about the
sview command.
So, put the two together: :tab sview SomeFile
and you get your new tab with readonly set, opened to SomeFile.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
