Re: *Good* client for Android?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

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Hi Martin,

Unfortunately, I am talking just a phone, so I don't think I'd find that
especially practical.

John

On 10/12/2017 06:01 PM, Martin Alsinet wrote:
> Hello John:
>
> If your phone screen is big enough, you could use termux
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=en> +
> emacs + git & git-remote-gcrypt.
> With that you could use the same stack on Android as on your laptop.
>
> Termux is a linux console for Android that lets you install packages
> with something similar to apt-get in debian/ubuntu.
> I am thinking about getting a cheap Android tablet myself in order to
> have a ultra light mobile workstation with termux.
> On the other hand, a terminal console on a 5 inch phone screen doesn't
> seem to be very practical for prolonged work.
>
>
> Martin
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:32 PM John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org
> <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi folks,
>
>     All along, I anticipated using this with Android (and, ideally, also
>     iOS).  The MobileOrg feature set looked great, and the syncing
>     mechanism
>     looked a lot better than sharing Dropbox.
>
>     I use git to share my ~/org between two computers (laptop and
>     desktop),
>     using git-remote-gcrypt to store on a server.  This makes syncing and
>     resolving conflicts easy (I move between the two throughout the
>     day, so
>     Dropbox is really not a great option here.)  Sync integrity -- or at
>     least robust detection of conflicts -- is a must.  Encryption is a
>     "very
>     nice to have."
>
>     Suggestions?
>
>     Here's what I've found so far:
>
>     MobileOrg - supports WebDAV storage.  Has a robust sync system,
>     integrated with org-mode, in which it seems to be able to write
>     out its
>     changes to a separate file that the computer can integrate.  Sounds
>     smart, though I suspect it will require additional hacking to support
>     multiple Android devices.  org-mode docs mention encryption for this,
>     but the encryption is not supported by MobileOrg.  Also, MobileOrg was
>     last updated 4 years ago and seems to have bitrotted.
>
>     Orgzly - Supports only Dropbox or local-on-Android storage. The latter
>     is insecure, as it permits any app on the system to read the files.  I
>     am really not sure how to integrate this with my workflow.  It seems
>     like potentials for conflicts are extremely high.
>
>     SyncOrg - Shows some promise, but couldn't even test locally due
>     to the
>     folder selection screen not working for the "External/Local Only."
>     Suspect it's trying to do something insecure as well, or doesn't
>     work on
>     Oreo?  ssh support seems to actually be ssh+git, which is nice -
>     except
>     that it's unencrypted.  doh.  The documentation made no mention of
>     resolving conflicts.  https://github.com/wizmer/syncorg/wiki/FAQ seems
>     to suggest it uses the old MobileOrg push/pull in org-mode, but I
>     can't
>     see how that possibly works well with Git.  I suspect that FAQ to be
>     totally obsolete, because it also talks about a Dropbox synchronizer
>     that SyncOrg doesn't even have.  I could use this if I drop
>     git-remote-gcrypt, I hope.
>
>     MobileOrg-NG - Last updated in 2012.  Didn't really look past that.
>
>
>


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