Re: Android port of Emacs

[Gregory Heytings]

> > > FWIW, I tried to use that but found it unbearable.  I can't remember 
> > > all the annoyances, but there were many, and AFAIK there is no way for 
> > > *us* to fix them.
> >
> > More seriously, IMO "unbearable" is too vague.  Which X server did you 
> > try, with which keyboard if you used a soft keyboard, and with which 
> > Emacs version?  And which annoyances do you remember?  The Termux:X11 X 
> > server is under active development, so I'd suggest to try again, and to 
> > report the annoyances you still experience.
>
> I don't see Termux:X11 as a good long term strategy for Emacs support on 
> Android, and I find the current `feature/android` already works better 
> so it's not a good short term option for me any more either. So I have 
> currently no incentive to contribute bug reports to that project. But 
> I'm glad it exists and I wish it well :-)

I was not suggesting that you should report bugs to Termux:X11, I was 
asking for something more detailed than "unbearable", which contradicts 
what others said in this thread.

Also, I hope you realize that with the feature/android port you need to 
compile all external programs you need from their sources.