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Running Emacs on Android

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Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by avivo »

I just installed "Termux" and "Hacker’s keyboard," ran `apt upgrade`, `apt install emacs`, and ran `emacs` — everything worked flawlessly.

Unlike the OP though, I barely touched the on screen keyboard for all of this — I just used android voice input, even for the terminal commands and `enter` command.

I literally said "apt install emacs enter" out loud and it just worked! Voice recognition has come a long way.

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by melling »

Now we need a gesture keyboard so we can type, or twitch, instead of using an onscreen keyboard.

Finger IO: http://fingerio.cs.washington.edu

Google's Soli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNiZfSsPc0

Perhaps a modified game controller: http://www.amazon.com/iGrip-Ergonomic-Keyboard-by-AlphaGrip/...

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by agumonkey »

melling wrote: post #3

Now we need a gesture keyboard so we can type, or twitch, instead of using an onscreen keyboard. Finger IO: http://fingerio.cs.washington.edu Google's Soli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNiZfSsPc0 Perhaps a modified game controller: http://www.amazon.com/iGrip-Ergonomic-Keyboard-by-AlphaGrip/...

I've seen people being proficient under complex GUIs (final fantasy) with game pads. I'd love to lisp on a paddle.

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by enzanki_ars »

avivo wrote: post #2

I just installed "Termux" and "Hacker’s keyboard," ran `apt upgrade`, `apt install emacs`, and ran `emacs` — everything worked flawlessly. Unlike the OP though, I barely touched the on screen keyboard for all of this — I just used android voice input, even for the terminal commands and `enter` command. I literally said "apt install emacs enter" out loud and it just worked! Voice recognition has come a long way.

I love `Termux`, but I never thought of using voice commands. I'll have to try that...

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by desipenguin »

It is fine to install emacs on an android device, but I can't imagine doing any "keyboard" intensive work on a tiny screen. I've, in past, installed Vim-touch, just for the sake of it. But I almost NEVER used it (beyond first few minutes to make sure "it works")

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by mark_l_watson »

Very cool, I am going to try this when I get home! (I am in Asia on business and I don't want to risk bricking my phone while on the road.)

With the Java IDE for Android, a remote keyboard and external display would make for a full on computer.

Re: Running Emacs on Android

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Post by muthdra »

Termux is powerful. I installed nodejs, ran qici engine out of the box and played with it for a while just to see how far I could get. It worked but the touchscreen is unbearable. It was fun to see it working, though. I also did a little bit of coding with a physical keyboard and an USB-OTG cable for a Lumines clone in Go. It was playable but my phone got stolen and I lost all the source code. By the way, I did all of that on an ancient Moto G 2014.
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