From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Android Implementation of Emacs Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:51:48 -0700 Message-ID: <20140122225148.GA11835@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <87ppnj6438.fsf@enterprise.sectorq.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390431129 25135 80.91.229.3 (22 Jan 2014 22:52:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:52:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 22 23:52:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W66eb-00078F-UC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:52:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37907 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W66eb-0004mO-HS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43176) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W66eL-0004lQ-1B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:52:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W66eF-00085p-0V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:51:56 -0500 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:53020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W66eE-00085d-Ql for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:51:50 -0500 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A12721227 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:51:49 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EC4BD2DCD2; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:51:48 -0700 (MST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ppnj6438.fsf@enterprise.sectorq.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95546 Archived-At: Pete Ley wrote: > Umar writes: > > I downloaded an implementation of Emacs from Google Play store. I > > am trying to make it work on my Samsung Note 2. Does anyone know > > which key maps to Ctrl and Esc (on the smartphone keyboard)? > > I was under the impression that the Android Emacs implementation > requires a hardware keyboard. On my Galaxy Note I open it and have no > way to open my software keyboard and need to use a BT keyboard. There are two definitions for "requires". 1) Is it technically possible to use? Yes. 2) It is easy to use? Would you actually use it that way? No. I think for sanity that you will want to use a hardware keyboard. I know that is the only way I want to use it. But that is mostly because the tablet is designed as a data browsing device and not as a data creation device. You really want a real keyboard for normal use or you would go insane very quickly. But it is technically possible to use control and esc keys using the soft keyboard even though it is tediously difficult. > Is there a way to use an Android soft keyboard with the Emacs on the > Play store? Have you tried using Hacker's Keyboard yet? Bob