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0 pointseadmund8y ago0 comments

> without decent mobile support or multi-master syncing, it's hard to adopt it as my main productivity tool.

I find that for a true productivity tool, I'm fine relying on my desktop & laptop. I'm actually dialling back what I use my phone for, simply because I can't trust either of the major mobile OSes to respect me & my privacy. It would be awesome to have all of org available on a phone though; you're not wrong at all there.

I would kill for an emacs which makes sense on mobile, but I've not given enough thought to it to imagine what would make sense. Emacs without the key chords would be still powerful but also odd.

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_emacsomancer_8y ago

On Android, Termux [https://termux.com/] gives you access to Emacs; and it enables using the volume buttons a bit like modifier keys.

dredmorbius8y ago

Termux is, hands down, the best thing to happen to Android. It's still pretty problematic and incomplete as a productive shell tool.

Android will kill applications pretty indiscriminately, so your Termux session persistence isn't good.

Terminal performance is poor, especially on scrollback, for some reason.

I've bumped into numerous SSH issues.

My general preference would be for a hybrid tablet/laptop system, running Linux, rather than Android (or iOS). We may eventually get there.

The other thing tablet formats are good for is reading electronic document formats, with an 8" or better tablet size. Though a large eInk device might be better there (again, ideally with shell capabilities).

_emacsomancer_8y ago

Termux of course is not the same as using a regular terminal on desktop Linux, but it's pretty damn good.

I've had pretty good luck with SSH on Termux - it's great to be able to transfer things from my computer to my phone via rsync (I have some apps which do SAMBA, but they tend to be flaky; likewise physically plugging the phone in and transferring with adb isn't very convenient).

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0 pointseadmund8y ago0 comments

> without decent mobile support or multi-master syncing, it's hard to adopt it as my main productivity tool.

I would kill for an emacs which makes sense on mobile, but I've not given enough thought to it to imagine what would make sense. Emacs without the key chords would be still powerful but also odd.

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_emacsomancer_8y ago

On Android, Termux [https://termux.com/] gives you access to Emacs; and it enables using the volume buttons a bit like modifier keys.

dredmorbius8y ago

Termux is, hands down, the best thing to happen to Android. It's still pretty problematic and incomplete as a productive shell tool.

Android will kill applications pretty indiscriminately, so your Termux session persistence isn't good.

Terminal performance is poor, especially on scrollback, for some reason.

I've bumped into numerous SSH issues.

My general preference would be for a hybrid tablet/laptop system, running Linux, rather than Android (or iOS). We may eventually get there.

_emacsomancer_8y ago

Termux of course is not the same as using a regular terminal on desktop Linux, but it's pretty damn good.

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