[TxMt] Re: How to open files read-only?

[Allan Odgaard]

On 14 Oct 2019, at 20:11, Martin Wilhelm Leidig wrote:

> Why would forbidding to write the file back remove anything?

That is not what I understand by a read-only mode. If a file is opened 
as read-only, the user should not be allowed to make any edits.

If you are happy with just a warning/dialog during save, you can `chmod 
u-w` a file, and TextMate will not allow you to save it without first 
confirming that you want to make the file writable.

You can make a command that toggles the `w` flag for the current file 
and bind it to a hotkey, for example something like:

     #!/bin/sh

     if test -z "$TM_FILEPATH"; then
       echo "There is no file"
     elif test -w "$TM_FILEPATH"; then
       chmod u-w "$TM_FILEPATH" && echo "$TM_DISPLAYNAME is now 
read-only"
     else
       chmod u+w "$TM_FILEPATH" && echo "$TM_DISPLAYNAME is now 
writeable"
     fi

Set the command’s output to show as tool tip, then you get informed 
about the new state of the current file after toggling ro/rw mode.
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