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Re:Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot ... by erikbye on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @02:41PM (#17509226)
Org mode files are text files so you can edit them with any editor. Place them in a sync folder and if your sync client is any good it should be able to edit.

"Long bit of documentation"? Isn't it the device that's not suited? I sure wouldn't want to do a lot of typing on a handheld device. Emacs shortcuts should be fun.

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Re:Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot ... by dotancohen on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @06:11PM (#17510680)
The point of that if The text is to be edited in a general purpose text editor, I would rather it be in Markdown. Org mode is pretty useless as a format outside emacs proper.
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Re:Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot ... by explainplease on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @08:39PM (#17511362)
Actually, the Org format is supported by web sites like GitHub and GitLab, and there are several parsers in different languages. It's even supported by Pandoc, so you can convert to/from anything Pandoc supports.
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Re:Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot ... by dotancohen on Thursday July 12, 2018 @03:53PM (#17518072)
In contrast to the actual Android apps that handle Markdown natively.

Don't get me wrong, I love org mode, but there is no real support on Android other that a damn-fine list-making app that uses a subset of org-mode format for its lists.

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