Auto Readonly mode for files on search path

[CoMPi74 3]

Hi there,

I am looking for the IDE's (or a third party add-on's) option which auto sets the editor in a readonly mode when opening a file from search path. I remember that years ago I was using such an option but now I can not find it again. Any ideas?

 

Piotr

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A long time ago I wrote one for files in the $(DELPHI)\Source directory:
https://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/18989

It could be adjusted to work for any files on the library search path.

[PeterBelow 238]

18 hours ago, CoMPi74 said:

Hi there,

I am looking for the IDE's (or a third party add-on's) option which auto sets the editor in a readonly mode when opening a file from search path. I remember that years ago I was using such an option but now I can not find it again. Any ideas?

 

Piotr

In my opinion source files you want to protect from modification should be located in a folder tree the user you are working with does not have write access to. Don't use an admin account to work in the IDE!

[dummzeuch 1505]

39 minutes ago, PeterBelow said:

In my opinion source files you want to protect from modification should be located in a folder tree the user you are working with does not have write access to. Don't use an admin account to work in the IDE!

He is not just talking about RTL or VCL files but about files in the search path, which as I read it includes the project search path e.g. possibly ..\libs\some\library\source

Putting these into read-only folders is not feasible.

Edited July 24, 2022 by dummzeuch

[SwiftExpat 65]

8 hours ago, Ondrej Kelle said:

A long time ago I wrote one for files in the $(DELPHI)\Source directory:

Thank you for the example, I think this will keep me busy on my next plane ride.

Almost everything on the browse, library and search path could be read only for me.

[CoMPi74 3]

Actually, I was talking about all files on path defined in Options (Delphi Options -> Library -> Directories -> Library / Browsing path). My fault, I should explain it better. Sorry.
My problem is that using Ctrl+LMB I often get to a source code I don't want to modify (like VirtualTrees.pas) what, unfortunatelly, happens to me very often. So is there a way to have those files 'protected' against accidental, unintentional modifications?

 

[dummzeuch 1505]

The plug-in, that @Ondrej Kelle mentioned looks promising. You'd need to adjust the path which it checks for, but it shouldn't be too difficult.

[CoMPi74 3]

On 7/24/2022 at 10:38 AM, Ondrej Kelle said:

A long time ago I wrote one for files in the $(DELPHI)\Source directory:
https://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/18989

It could be adjusted to work for any files on the library search path.

Thank you @Ondrej Kelle. I will check it soon :)