Re: Emacs on Android, someone please give this developer some help

[hobbes@poukram.net (Rémi Letot)]

MBR <mbr@arlsoft.com> writes:

> Much though I'd like to be able to run Emacs on my Android phone, I'm
> having difficulty imagining how input could possibly work.  Emacs is
> heavily dependent on "chord" keystrokes. It's hard enough to type
> anything at all on the standard Android virtual keyboard, and that
> doesn't have ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT modifier keys.  Would an Android
> Emacs include its own virtual keyboard?  And even if it did, how do
> you type a chord on a touchscreen with keys that small?
>
>    Mark

There are android devices much larger than a phone, some with a physical
keyboard (the asus transformers line to name some), and even most phones
and tablets can be enhanced with physical keyboards.

So yes emacs is definitely relevant on android. I was actually
experimenting until now with a debian chroot, which is cumbersome to use
and quite heavyweight when all I want most of the times are gnus and
org-mode :-)

HTH,
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Rémi