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I'm aware of opening files in readonly mode from shell using vim -R, but how to open a file from inside vim in a separate tab (:tabe <filename>) in readonly mode?
Thanks for your time.
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Just use vi's exclamation mark suffix to the write command (:w!) to force overwriting your own READONLY file.
There are many modes for opening a file: r - open a file in read mode. w - opens or create a text file in write mode.
Starting the vi Editor. vi filename: Creates a new file if it already not exist, otherwise opens existing file. vi -R filename : Opens an existing file in read only mode. view filename : Opens an existing file in read only mode.
To open a file in read only mode in a new tab, use
tab sview /path/to/file To open the file in the same pane, (without using a new window or tab), use
view /path/to/file Note that tab view /path/to/file does not open a new tab.
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