:view does not always set 'readonly'

[Andy Wokula]

:view does not always set 'readonly':
:e somefile.txt
:split
:view

or
:e somefile.txt
:sview

Looks like a bug.

--
Andy

[Christian Brabandt]

Hi Andy!

That is on purpose. I don't know why

,----[ vim ex_docmd.c ]-
| else if (readonlymode && curbuf->b_nwindows == 1)
| {
| /* When editing an already visited buffer, 'readonly' won't be set
| * but the previous value is kept. With ":view" and ":sview" we
| * want the file to be readonly, except when another window is
| * editing the same buffer. */
| curbuf->b_p_ro = TRUE;
| }
`----


regards,
Christian
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[Tony Mechelynck]

On 12/01/13 15:27, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> Hi Andy!
>
> On Sa, 12 Jan 2013, Andy Wokula wrote:
>
>> :view does not always set 'readonly':
>> :e somefile.txt
>> :split
>> :view
>>
>> or
>> :e somefile.txt
>> :sview
>>
>> Looks like a bug.
>
> That is on purpose. I don't know why
>
> ,----[ vim ex_docmd.c ]-
> | else if (readonlymode && curbuf->b_nwindows == 1)
> | {
> | /* When editing an already visited buffer, 'readonly' won't be set
> | * but the previous value is kept. With ":view" and ":sview" we
> | * want the file to be readonly, except when another window is
> | * editing the same buffer. */
> | curbuf->b_p_ro = TRUE;
> | }
> `----
>
>
> regards,
> Christian
>

'readonly' is a buffer-local option. Therefore it is not possible, when
editing a single file in more than one window, to have one of them
readonly and the other not.


Best regards,
Tony.
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