From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Android port of Emacs Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2023 15:09:38 +0000 Message-ID: <215b00d2598ab5cc7d0a@heytings.org> References: <83v8fnslfz.fsf@gnu.org> <121acd3282a64abf77d6@heytings.org> <215b00d2595bec215977@heytings.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11029"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 01 17:10:40 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qFcFE-0002eD-1E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:10:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qFcEK-0000ng-1Q; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qFcEH-0000nU-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qFcEG-0004y5-3H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:09:41 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1688224178; bh=vq7bOO7KQo4siFihmid6KsZCzDar8/Aiir5l9dyLiKw=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=feullwAGz1FP2zqL62a3zUnRnng99zAn5GJ/Nvk2ROSVK8WDwtnYekom85UBQz3R7 t9gYgxF8codMoyRXClA7FHl5Jh532UKhp1eqwEJYy06+IKZgSZBg5aPQXVj3e7+593 eTLpJGAZ9PU8RhhyOGyquoPbI0IQ2sFeNkpYEW590RpxLayQhLnGQe65J0/31hNAzl mxwhl5gktP8JPsqWXqCMoP2MmXvkP1Btw28DRF3Pv/bXsgYKYOejnOOFKQRT2Tz1zY xG/vDiI8z20hDJImZEaxZOzXpy1zqwdPPkh7b6REngNjWCohnW2x2nQUgzYUdBF3E5 jSvG2TjZ/DnVA== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:307331 Archived-At: >>> 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.