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Is there a way to start vim in read only mode

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202611023 views
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I use /bin/view as it is a safe way to view text files and not have accidental changes persist once I am finished. /bin/view seams to be lack features that normal vim has. Is there a way to start vim in read only mode, or start /bin/view with visual mode. I want to be able to select text and paste …

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Fix for: Is there a way to start vim in read only mode

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See for Vim's many launch arguments. For launching Vim in read only mode that would be: EDIT and seem to be one and the same by way of symbolic links. I'm not sure what features you'll gain from running that you don't have with . Here, on Ubuntu, I …

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