From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: hobbes@poukram.net (=?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9mi?= Letot) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs on Android, someone please give this developer some help Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:44 +0200 Message-ID: <87mx239cpn.fsf@poukram.net> References: <874noc5evq.fsf@hfph.mwn.de> <5024826E.7010303@arlsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1344600188 7784 80.91.229.3 (10 Aug 2012 12:03:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Andreas Goesele To: MBR Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 10 14:03:07 2012 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 1Sznvj-0006pM-3U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:03:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33498 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sznvi-0002cR-1x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55819) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sznva-0002TS-He for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SznvU-0005z8-KE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:02:54 -0400 Original-Received: from waha.lybrafox.be ([193.104.37.147]:49061) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SznvU-0005yW-EX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:02:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by waha.lybrafox.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C192258C8E; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from waha.lybrafox.be ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (waha.lybrafox.be [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32207-05; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [91.180.107.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by waha.lybrafox.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 496052258C8D; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=sphax) by localhost with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1SznvQ-00075w-TS; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5024826E.7010303@arlsoft.com> (mbr@arlsoft.com's message of "Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:39:26 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 193.104.37.147 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:86285 Archived-At: MBR 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, --=20 R=C3=A9mi