Straightforward question here and I can’t make it any simpler than the title:
How do I set VIM to open files in “read-only” mode by default?
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Straightforward question here and I can’t make it any simpler than the title: How
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Straightforward question here and I can’t make it any simpler than the title:
How do I set VIM to open files in “read-only” mode by default?
Thanks!
add
to your
.vimrc.Also: commonly, you can type
view filenameinstead ofvim filenameand it will open vim in readonly mode.