Re: [O] Full org-mode on unrooted Android

[Alexander Vorobiev]

There is also emacs for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zielm.emacs but
after trying it and playing with some other ports of unix
applications, I decided to bit the bullet and install full Ubuntu on
my Galaxy Note 8 using
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid.
The tablet/phone needs to be rooted though (the installer needs to be
able to create and mount loopback device for the Linux disk image) but
for the popular devices it is not difficult at all (but You will
probably lose your warranty though).

Now I have my regular emacs setup with org-mode, ess, AucTeX, tramp,
etc, and all the tools I am used to - ssh, R, gcc, etc. I use it in
console mode using Android terminal, regular Ubuntu GUI is also
available through VNC client. There is no dual-boot or virtualization
involved, all it does is chroot in the terminal session, Android's
Linux kernel is standard enough to make Ubuntu happy.

Regards,
Alex



On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Ian Barton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 08/10/13 11:36, Scot Becker wrote:
>>
>> Just a quick note to say that it's possible to get a full Emacs+org-mode
>> on (unrooted) Android using an app called 'zshaolin'.  You can either
>> download the app from the Google Play store for approx $3 or download
>> the toolchain and source from their website and compile it yourself
>> (which I haven't tried).
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dyne.zshaolin&hl=en
>>
>> http://www.dyne.org/software/zshaolin/
>> (for source, follow links to their FTP site, about 2/3 down the page)
>>
>> Emacs is version 24.1.50.
>>
>> The following needs to be added to the .zshrc for org-mode to work:
>>
>> export TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp
>>
> Thanks for sharing. I have been using emacs via ssh on my Nexus 7. However,
> obviously this only works if I can get an Internet connection. So far this
> setup looks as though it will meet all my simple mobile needs, which are
> just to edit my org files in native Emacs.
>
> I see that git is also built in. I haven't tested it yet, but if it works I
> can just pull and push my org files from my repos, rather than copying them
> to the Nexus manually.
>
> Ian.
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