Re: Emacs on Android, someone please give this developer some help

[Sven Bretfeld]

MBR <mbr@arlsoft.com> writes:

> Much though I'd like to be able to run Emacs on my Android phone, I'm having
> difficulty imagining how input could possibly work.  Emacs is heavily 
> dependent
> on "chord" keystrokes. It's hard enough to type anything at all on the 
> standard
> Android virtual keyboard, and that doesn't have ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT modifier
> keys.  Would an Android Emacs include its own virtual keyboard?  And even if 
> it
> did, how do you type a chord on a touchscreen with keys that small?

You can install the "Hacker's Keyboard" which has all Modifier Keys
easily available. I use it on my Xoom when I ssh into an Emacs session
on a remote machine. This keyboard is available in the "Android
Playstore" and gives a genuine Emacs feeling.

Sven