From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: emacs on the N800 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:27:16 +0000 Message-ID: <20071213162716.GA13112@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <200709160100.l8G10AqN005822@localhost.localdomain> <87zlzm942b.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20070919122635.0509b57b@dhcp-296-6> <3ad6756659cc3e44517dfc1fadbe8e05@science.uva.nl> <20071211234714.GE12375@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <20071212170652.GD16499@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J2quD-0004Sp-Lr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J2quB-0004Q6-Tb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J2quB-0004Px-QL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:23 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com ([70.84.38.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J2quB-0001jF-67 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:23 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id lBDGRLdn027523 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:27:21 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id lBDGRLRR027518 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:27:21 GMT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:43:18AM -0800, Daniel M German wrote: > Adam Spiers twisted the bytes to say: > >> Now that the N810 has a physical keyboard more people will be inclined > >> to run emacs on it. I personally run it only for remember and when > >> connecting remotely into it. > > Adam> My main goal is to be able to do regular reviews (reprioritization, > Adam> scheduling etc.) when roaming. Hopefully org-mouse.el will help with > Adam> that. > > In that case you need to compile it with X support. When I compiled > it, it was without it, so no stylus support. OK - I will try compiling with. > >> On the other hand I have read that emacs23 has support for this type > >> of devices, but I have not compiled it yet. > > Adam> Interesting! Do you have any more details on the kind of extra support? > > No idea. Just one comment in the maemo users mailing list. Hmm, couldn't see it here: http://search.gmane.org/?query=emacs&group=gmane.comp.handhelds.maemo.user Got a URL? > >> One more issue. You won't have space in the internal memory to install > >> it. You need to format a card using ext2, and then mount it (internal > >> or external) and symlink to it. > > Adam> The N810 only has one external slot, but it does have a built-in 2GB > Adam> card. I'd be pretty worried if emacs couldn't fit in that! But I > Adam> don't know how to install to it rather than the internal memory. > > I am not sure how file system is distributed in the 810. in the 800 > the internal memory is used for root, and /media/mmc2 is the internal > card. It's the same on the N810. > >> Alternatively you can install the OS in an external card and boot > >> into it (my preferred choice). > > Adam> Again, would be very interested to know how this works. > > http://turingmachine.org/~dmg/temp/local.tar.gz > > Unpack in user home directory, then symlink /usr/local to it. It > contains emacs-nox. Make sure you rename the original /usr/local so > you don't lose it (I think it is empty out-of-the box). You need to > install ncurses-base and ncurses-term OK thanks!