Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app with no rooting

Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by mcshicks on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @02:34PM (#24983115)

I use it for emacs, mostly org mode on my phone. It works reasonably well with a small bluetooth keyboard.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by npsimons on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:04PM (#24984547)

> I use it for emacs, mostly org mode on my phone.

I'm not the only weirdo who does this! Although I manage to get by with Hacker's Keyboard.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by nanomonkey on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:20PM (#24984683)

This was my use case, unfortunately I never figured out how to get my keyboard to accept CapsLock as a Ctrl key. Any suggestions??!

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by mcshicks on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @10:59AM (#24990168)

That's actually the "reasonably" part. The BT keyboard mapping is not completely perfect for a few corner cases (I think alt-space was one?). Hackers keyboard is OK for small tasks. You might try a small USB keyboard and USB OTG cable if your phone supports USB peripherals. I used the setup more when I was going someplace and didn't want to drag a laptop. Since I'm not going much of anywhere these days it's of much less use, in fact last time my check termux busted on some update but I haven't needed it so I haven't fixed it.

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