From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Vorobiev Subject: Re: Full org-mode on unrooted Android Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:57:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <52550EAB.4060406@wilkesley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTuGu-0000t6-PS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:57:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTuGp-0002sL-SO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:57:52 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]:35680) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VTuGp-0002s8-JZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:57:47 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id mc17so941784pbc.4 for ; Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:57:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52550EAB.4060406@wilkesley.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: ian@manor-farm.org Cc: emacs-orgmode There is also emacs for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zielm.emacs but after trying it and playing with some other ports of unix applications, I decided to bit the bullet and install full Ubuntu on my Galaxy Note 8 using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid. The tablet/phone needs to be rooted though (the installer needs to be able to create and mount loopback device for the Linux disk image) but for the popular devices it is not difficult at all (but You will probably lose your warranty though). Now I have my regular emacs setup with org-mode, ess, AucTeX, tramp, etc, and all the tools I am used to - ssh, R, gcc, etc. I use it in console mode using Android terminal, regular Ubuntu GUI is also available through VNC client. There is no dual-boot or virtualization involved, all it does is chroot in the terminal session, Android's Linux kernel is standard enough to make Ubuntu happy. Regards, Alex On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Ian Barton wrote: > On 08/10/13 11:36, Scot Becker wrote: >> >> Just a quick note to say that it's possible to get a full Emacs+org-mode >> on (unrooted) Android using an app called 'zshaolin'. You can either >> download the app from the Google Play store for approx $3 or download >> the toolchain and source from their website and compile it yourself >> (which I haven't tried). >> >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dyne.zshaolin&hl=en >> >> http://www.dyne.org/software/zshaolin/ >> (for source, follow links to their FTP site, about 2/3 down the page) >> >> Emacs is version 24.1.50. >> >> The following needs to be added to the .zshrc for org-mode to work: >> >> export TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp >> > Thanks for sharing. I have been using emacs via ssh on my Nexus 7. However, > obviously this only works if I can get an Internet connection. So far this > setup looks as though it will meet all my simple mobile needs, which are > just to edit my org files in native Emacs. > > I see that git is also built in. I haven't tested it yet, but if it works I > can just pull and push my org files from my repos, rather than copying them > to the Nexus manually. > > Ian. > > >