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Fast and free multi-language code editor for Android

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Re: Fast and free multi-language code editor for Android

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But I guess that isn't ideal for things other then coding and doesn't offer any kind of integration, like autocomplete.

It does integrate with Android autocomplete, but I have autocomplete turned off in mine.

But android autocomplete doesn't make sense for coding. A code editor that implemented its own keyboard could have something like intellisense with the UI of autocomplete.

Re: Fast and free multi-language code editor for Android

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I assume the author of that README is from continental Europe and the decimal separator that has been used is a comma.

Yes, I assumed so. The alarming part is not the formatting of the numbers, but that there's 145MB of source code and almost a GB of build artefacts... for an Android text editor. That's more code than PostgreSQL.

> That's more code than PostgreSQL.

I'd assume majority of "source code" in this is assets not code.

Also git clone with history vs tarball etc..

Re: Fast and free multi-language code editor for Android

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A lot of code editors for Android are almost identical, and it makes me think that they're all forked from the same base project, including this one. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.co... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxdebug.a... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.ed... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.spck https://play.google.com/…

They are not really identical and forked from the same base project, they may have similar features. Acode is foss,built using cordova and JS tech,has its own plugin system. Squircle is also foss and built using kotlin. Vscode for android is just code server inside web view wrapper or browser and embedded git. I can't speak for the other ones as they are proprietary.

I understand that VSCode is different, hence the "though" part of my sentence.

The remaining examples are all almost identical, though.

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