Re: Android port of Emacs

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 02/07/2023 15:59, Po Lu wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:
>
> > Ok, so you use AnySoftKeyboard with the "Terminal" layout? That took
> > some time to find.
>
> I use the US English layout by default, but switch to the Terminal
> layout when I need cursor keys.

So you generally make do without Alt/Ctrl/Tab?

> > How do you input M-x? That would require the keyboard to stick around
> > when there is no active input, right?
>
> I select Edit -> Execute Command from the menu bar.  (This option only
> exists on the branch.)

Nice, thanks.

And I've just found that the "x" button on the toolbar acts as an okay 
replacement for C-g when inside minibuffer.

> > Do you know if we can associate a particular keyboard app with Emacs,
> > and use a different one with other apps?
>
> IIRC some versions of Android offer such an option, but I looked through
> Settings (on LineageOS 18.1) and did not find anything promising.

That's too bad.

It might be handy to have an Emacs-specific keyboard, with whole 
sequences (such as M-x/C-x/C-c/C-h) assigned to single buttons.