Variable: dired-vm-read-only-folders

dired-vm-read-only-folders is a customizable variable defined in dired-x.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, M-x dired-vm (dired-vm) will visit all folders read-only.

If neither nil nor t, e.g. the symbol if-file-read-only, only files not writable by you are visited read-only.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired-x.el.gz
(defcustom dired-vm-read-only-folders nil
  "If non-nil, \\[dired-vm] will visit all folders read-only.
If neither nil nor t, e.g. the symbol `if-file-read-only', only
files not writable by you are visited read-only."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
		 (const :tag "on" t)
		 (other :tag "non-writable only" if-file-read-only))
  :group 'dired-x)