Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app

Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by retrocryptid on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:36AM (#35753261)

I sometimes run org mode in emacs under termux on my phone. After getting fed up with crap in simple list apps, my grocery list is a file in termux.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by JamesonNetworks on Saturday April 29, 2023 @10:49AM (#35753396)

The Home Assistant built in grocery store list maker is amazing

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by retrocryptid on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:19AM (#35759660)

Hmm... looked for it on melpa, but couldn't find it.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by Jeff_Brown on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:32PM (#35754450)

Emacs on Termux is great. I have used org mode, shell mode, magit (for git), and even eww (the Emacs Web Wowser) to great effect in it.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by roninghost on Sunday April 30, 2023 @02:35AM (#35760159)

What software keyboard do you use? I find it dificult wothout ctrl and meta to type in emacs

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by retrocryptid on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:55AM (#35762102)

Termux has its own keyboard that includes ctrl and escape. It's not nearly as nice as a REAL keyboard, but I'm usually just reading or editing a few lines at a time.

Dragging the finger up and down emulates the mouse wheel, do I don't even have to do ctrl-v.

I also use it with an android tablet that DOES have a real keyboard. It works fine, though I haven't figured out how to persistently swap ctrl and caps yet.

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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by Jeff_Brown on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:35PM (#35765877)

Moreover, the special extra Termux modifier keys are configurable in ~/.termux/termux.properties. I added Shift to them, because although there's a Shift key on Gboard, Shift-Enter is not treated the right way by org-mode if the Shift is from Gboard.

For some reason if you use the Thumb-key keyboard, every letter is capitalized by default, so you have to swipe down on the A before typing anything, which is a deal-breaker.

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