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

[Carsten Dominik]

On 24.10.2013, at 12:30, Scot Becker <address@hidden> wrote:

> Drat.  I had that problem at the beginning too.  I filed a bug report and a 
> little later, things worked.  I assumed they had fixed it.  I'll have a look 
> in that directory to see what's there.  Meanwhile, perhaps a reboot, or a 
> rerun the command "download system" in Zshaolin.  

Download system?  I don't see this command.

- Carsten



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> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 8.10.2013, at 12:36, Scot Becker <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > 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 $3 or download the toolchain 
> > and source from their website and compile it yourself (which I haven't 
> > tried).
> >
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dyne.zshaolin&hl=en
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> > http://www.dyne.org/software/zshaolin/
> > (for source, follow links to their FTP site, about 2/3 down the page)
> >
> > Emacs is version 24.1.50.
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> I just tried it, and when I start emacs I get an error message that the 
> directory /sdcard/emacs/etc is not present.  Emacs seems to look there for a 
> file called "charsets".  Does anyone know what I am missing here?
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> Thanks
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> - Carsten
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> > The following needs to be added to the .zshrc for org-mode to work:
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> > export TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp
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> > They only claim 'barebone' Emacs, and I haven't tested extensively to see 
> > what that means, but so far it works for me.
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> > I have no affiliation with the people at dyne.org, just happy to have 
> > working portable, org-mode. I use a Bluetooth keyboard with a 7" tablet on 
> > Android 4.3.
> >
> > It looks like compiling in this case may not be for the faint of heart, but 
> > if someone tries it, perhaps they can post any notes to the list here.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Scot
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