Re: Android port

[Po Lu]

Angelo Graziosi <angelo.g0@libero.it> writes:

>> Copying an init.el from another system is best done through the system
>> file manager or by copying the files into Emacs's home directory via the
>> external storage.
>> 
>
> Here the file manager does not show Emacs directory.. or at least I
> cannot find it.. It is unclear the last sentence: from Emacs I can
> visit a file, say in /sdcard/Download/, but HOW copy it in Emacs, say
> in ~/?

If you click the three line menu on the top left, the file manager
should display a panel containing a list of mounted ``volumes''.

A volume labelled ``Emacs home directory'' should be visible.

>> File managers on most proprietary versions of Android refuse to display
>> Emacs's home directory, because they are more keen to display
>> advertisements than to actually manage files.
>
> ..so this way could be unusable here...

Too bad.

>> First, try with an up to date build.  
>
> Let's wait for an F-Droid update, then..
>
>> 
>>   adb logcat | grep android_run_debug_thread
>> 
>
> to run the above or similar I should install adb on GNU/Linux (Mint in
> my case)? and how to connect the device? with its cable? I never did
> this because I transfer files via ssh and similar.. BTW, I have adb
> installed in Termux on the same device.. I wonder if I can use that..

That will not work, unless you connect your phone to itself via its adb
port.