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.
Open a file in a tab in vim in readonly mode
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vim -R /path/to/file
vim -m /path/to/file
Read-only mode. Modification in text is allowed but you cannot write (no saving).
vim -M /path/to/file
Even modification in text is not allowed.
Something that works for me:
:vnew path/to/file
and once the file is opened, give the view command:
:view
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