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Re: Emacs on Android, someone please give this developer some help
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Rémi Letot |
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Re: Emacs on Android, someone please give this developer some help |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:44 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
MBR <mbr@arlsoft.com> writes:
> Much though I'd like to be able to run Emacs on my Android phone, I'm
> having difficulty imagining how input could possibly work. Emacs is
> heavily dependent on "chord" keystrokes. It's hard enough to type
> anything at all on the standard Android virtual keyboard, and that
> doesn't have ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT modifier keys. Would an Android
> Emacs include its own virtual keyboard? And even if it did, how do
> you type a chord on a touchscreen with keys that small?
>
> Mark
There are android devices much larger than a phone, some with a physical
keyboard (the asus transformers line to name some), and even most phones
and tablets can be enhanced with physical keyboards.
So yes emacs is definitely relevant on android. I was actually
experimenting until now with a debian chroot, which is cumbersome to use
and quite heavyweight when all I want most of the times are gnus and
org-mode :-)
HTH,
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Rémi