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.
Yes, after I published that post Fredrick patch the Emacs package on Termux so it wouldn't need those workarounds. I've updated the post accordingly.
Sadly (maybe it's my pronunciation), but voice typing isn't that perfect for me. It works alright for regular sentences, but it refuses to understands things that are not plain english (like apt).
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")
Hi Arm, that's a great combination. You might also want to check Linux Deploy to mount a full linux distro (and ssh or vnc into) running with the Android kernel.
Keyboards vary to the extent that they are emacs friendly (how many Super-Meta-Alt keys do they have?) but I find this Logitech one just about usable for programming:
Once you lose portability, why not just use "real" computer ;) (I mean laptop)
Entering text of smallish screen is only meant for small amount of text (a tiny note etc.)
I'm not going to disagree with you :-) However I do also have a sort of compromise, which is my Nexus 9 with the folio keyboard. It folds up into something similar to the size and weight of a paperback book. It's not-so-bad for ssh (I wouldn't really want to program with it), one thing missing would be good key mappings to deal with my odd choice of 'screen' settings.
Ahh, This I can understand (using Android remotely with "full sized" keyboard/display)
(See my previous comment about entering text of smallish screen)
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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I literally said "apt install emacs enter" out loud and it just worked! Voice recognition has come a long way.
Sadly (maybe it's my pronunciation), but voice typing isn't that perfect for me. It works alright for regular sentences, but it refuses to understands things that are not plain english (like apt).
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/...
There is always evil mode I suppose.
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¹ — http://www.jide.com/remixos
² — http://www.jide.com/mini
Keyboards vary to the extent that they are emacs friendly (how many Super-Meta-Alt keys do they have?) but I find this Logitech one just about usable for programming:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Device-Bluetooth-Keyboard-S...
(In case it's not clear, the keyboard is huge, as large as a laptop keyboard, so once you start down this road you lose portability).
Photo here: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/nexus-9-ssh-on-the-go/...
With the Java IDE for Android, a remote keyboard and external display would make for a full on computer.