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The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Re: The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Post by tgerdin »

sandsmark wrote: post #7
j-pb wrote: post #2

I agree with the assessment that opening up the remarkable software stack would be a huge selling point. I bought one for my girlfriend and she's super happy with it, but having a mosh console on there would allow her to ditch her macbook. Being able to code on it would also cause me to get one and ditch my iPad Pro.

> [...] but having a mosh console on there would allow here to ditch her macbook. [..] Being able to code on it would also cause me to get one and ditch my iPad Pro. Not officially supported or endorsed in any way, shape or form, and I don't even know if it even still builds, but I did a quick proof of concept porting fingerterm; https://iskrembilen.com/fingerterm+vim.jpg https://github.com/reMarkable/fingerterm I do…

Did you try running Emacs? Apparently the console version of Emacs has code to merge edits together so as be usable on slow high-latency connections (like in the 80's and early 90's I guess). In terms of refresh rate E-ink displays have similar characteristics so should be interesting to try!

Re: The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Post by green7ea »

dredmorbius wrote: post #140
green7ea wrote: post #113

I have a reMarkable and I'm really happy with it. I can't recommend it for everyone yet but if you like to tinker it's really really nice. I wrote a small script that downloads the articles from news websites and puts them on the device using 'wkhtmltopdf -a5' and it has become my morning newspaper. The software isn't perfect but it works well enough (and getting better all the time) and the fact that you can write y…

Does the script run on the the device or externally? Is there shell access on the device? If so, what packages / distribution does it run / use?

For now the script runs on a computer and transmits the files to the device using wifi or a cable but there isn't really a reason why it can't run on the device. I do plan on making something like that work on the device eventually.

I'm pretty sure it's a Yocto based Linux image based on the toolchain they distribute.

Re: The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Post by dredmorbius »

green7ea wrote: post #162
dredmorbius wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does the script run on the the device or externally? Is there shell access on the device? If so, what packages / distribution does it run / use?

For now the script runs on a computer and transmits the files to the device using wifi or a cable but there isn't really a reason why it can't run on the device. I do plan on making something like that work on the device eventually. I'm pretty sure it's a Yocto based Linux image based on the toolchain they distribute.

Thanks.

What's the WiFi transfer mechanism? Push or pull?

Re: The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Post by green7ea »

dredmorbius wrote: post #163
green7ea wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For now the script runs on a computer and transmits the files to the device using wifi or a cable but there isn't really a reason why it can't run on the device. I do plan on making something like that work on the device eventually. I'm pretty sure it's a Yocto based Linux image based on the toolchain they distribute.

Thanks. What's the WiFi transfer mechanism? Push or pull?

For now the computer pushes to the tablet but it would be simple to write a program to pull.

Re: The ReMarkable Tablet: A Review

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Post by savolai »

ThePadawan wrote: post #6
savolai wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The writing experience improved a lot with an update this autumn. Doesn't seem slow at all for me, makes me wonder if you had a flawed or early version. https://blog.remarkable.com/software-update-1-8-improved-bru...

I bought mine in May, so that sounds like I just missed it. Bummer! Unfortunately, retailers in Switzerland don't stock it, otherwise I would like to check out the improvements to confirm that my experience was just blemished by being an early adopter.

Mine is a couple of years old. It was a software update.
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