From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Vorobiev Subject: Re: Full org-mode on unrooted Android Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:18:35 -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]:51400) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUKpC-0007Tm-Jz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:19:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUKp7-00070j-5E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:19:02 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a]:34269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUKp6-00070A-U2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:18:57 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id lj1so3147861pab.29 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:18:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Scot Becker Cc: Ian Barton , emacs-orgmode Scot, I haven't notice much impact on the battery life but, given all the services/demons typical ubuntu system launches, there must be some consequences for the battery for sure. I do leave it running in background (by not exiting terminal). I also noticed some keybindings that don't work (M- and M-RET in particular) but their ESC- counterparts work fine. It looks like that might be a problem of the Android Terminal. Regards, Alex On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Scot Becker wrote: > Alex, > > That also sounds like a good way to carry Emacs/org with your, if the > battery life hit isn't too big, (is it?) and if it's possible to keep the > system running in the background (do you do ths?) > > Emacs for Android didn't work for me at all, and seems not to be currently > maintained. > > After some more experiments I see that although Zhaolin works pretty well > with an external keyboard, the terminal emulator seems to have more trouble > with the soft keyboard popping up and down. I do have press ESC then Enter > to get a new org heading. ALT+Enter doesn't seem to work. > > Scot > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Alexander Vorobiev > wrote: >> >> 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. >> > >> > >> > >> >