Re: Full org-mode on unrooted Android

[Scot Becker <scot.becker@gmail.com>]

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Drat.  I had that problem at the beginning too.  I filed a bug report and a
little later, things worked.  I assumed they had fixed it.  I'll have a
look in that directory to see what's there.  Meanwhile, perhaps a reboot,
or a rerun the command "download system" in Zshaolin.




On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> On 8.10.2013, at 12:36, Scot Becker <scot.becker@gmail.com> 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 $3 or download the
> toolchain and source from their website and compile it yourself (which I
> haven't tried).
> >
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dyne.zshaolin&hl=en
> >
> > http://www.dyne.org/software/zshaolin/
> > (for source, follow links to their FTP site, about 2/3 down the page)
> >
> > Emacs is version 24.1.50.
>
>
> I just tried it, and when I start emacs I get an error message that the
> directory /sdcard/emacs/etc is not present.  Emacs seems to look there for
> a file called "charsets".  Does anyone know what I am missing here?
>
> Thanks
>
> - Carsten
>
> >
> > The following needs to be added to the .zshrc for org-mode to work:
> >
> > export TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp
> >
> >
> > They only claim 'barebone' Emacs, and I haven't tested extensively to
> see what that means, but so far it works for me.
> >
> > I have no affiliation with the people at dyne.org, just happy to have
> working portable, org-mode. I use a Bluetooth keyboard with a 7" tablet on
> Android 4.3.
> >
> > It looks like compiling in this case may not be for the faint of heart,
> but if someone tries it, perhaps they can post any notes to the list here.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Scot
> >
>
>

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