On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 07:41:30AM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2013-07-15, Woody Wu wrote: > > Hi, List > > > > How can I open a file in current buffer using 'ed' and 'split' but with > > read-only enabled in the same time? One reason why I want this is, > > sometimes when I've already open a file in another vim instance and > > don't want to close it, then I need to temparaly open the same file in > > current vim instance to copy something from the file. Then when I do > > the 'split myfile' in the current buffer, I will alwasy got a warning > > and prompt me to open it in read-only mode. So I want to directly open > > it in read-only mode to git rid of the boring red warning message. > > If you want to continue to use the :split command, the swapExists > autocommand event can be used to detect the warning condition and > the v:swapchoice variable set to specify the desired action, e.g., > > autocmd SwapExists * let v:swapchoice='o' > > Or you could just open the file using the :sview command which is > the same as using :split but also sets 'readonly' in the new buffer. > See > > :help SwapExists > :help v:swapchoice > :help :sview >
Many thanks Gary, these are really tips I am looking for! > Regards, > Gary > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
