On Dec 31, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Dec 30, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Benjamin Klein wrote: > >> Eric: Yes, this seems to be about the only practical method (short of >> jailbreaking) by which we currently can use Vim on an iPad: an external >> keyboard for input and a remote server (something other than your actual >> local filesystem) for the actual edited files. >> >> If you are willing to jailbreak your device, though (and this *is* a bit of >> a techie-ish thing to do, although I can say from my experience that some of >> the more popular tools for this are becoming quite usable for >> non-hacker-type users lately), a reasonable-sounding approach would be to do >> something like what I now see David Sanson suggested way back in September — >> use something like Prompt to ssh into localhost and use whatever vim is >> available there. I guess a downside to that approach would be that you don’t >> necessarily have a terribly-complete vim built in, but at that point you >> would be in a position to compile a flavor of your own choosing, with all of >> the generally-required dependencies. I have never yet had occasion to do >> this myself do perhaps I should cease to advise you on how best to do it, >> though. :} >> >> The last place of all to check in my opinion would be the iOS app. For me >> anything short of a standard filesystem would simply be too clumsy to work >> with, but worse than that, as of Nov. 14 this year it seems that the iOS app >> does not even have Dropbox support, and the only mentioned means of getting >> to your files is through iTunes File Sharing. >> >> So to summarize my rambling here: >> >> 1. There isn’t yet a practical way of using standard “vim with filesystem” >> on iOS *without either jailbreaking or ssh-ing into a remote server.* (If >> there’s anyone on the list who knows of something available or being >> developed to answer this problem, please point this out to me.) >> >> 2. The provided iOS keyboard is no good for Vim, so you should use an >> external keyboard of one form or another for maximum vimmability (whether a >> keyboard case or an Apple wireless keyboard). > > Thanks, Benjamin. "SSH-ing into local host" is Greek to me at the moment. But > as I say so was Vim a couple years ago. Perhaps I'll consider it down the > road. A main use of the iPad for me will be simply reading and annotating > pdfs. Writing would be another one if I could get Vim running on it. And I > can't imagine Vim without my plugins and .vimrc configuration. > > The Android options described by Jeroen, especially the one that allows a > fully-functioning Vim, is appealing. > > Couple of questions: Do Android tablets have a file system? [Or is that what > would be provided by Jeroen's third option, installing a Debian kit?] Is iOS > still a version of Uniix? > You can read and richly annotate PDF files under iOS using GoodReader -- David -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
