Thanks very much for the detailed response, Jeroen. It is very helpful. On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Jeroen Budts wrote:
> On 04/20/2013 04:56 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > Since the runtime extends the Vim Touch app, it doesn't show up as a > separate app. To verify that it is installed, you can check in Google > Play that it says 'installed', and also by launching Vim Touch and > doing something like `:e ~/`. If this gives a filelisting in netrw, > you have the runtime installed. It appears to be installed. Although when I started Vim Touch the first time today I got an option to install the runtime package, I could not tell until just now that it was in fact installed. Curious. Why doesn't 'E' work. When I try it Vim Touch crashes. >> Also uncertain what I do to replicate---as near as possible; you >> and others have indicated it should close to perfect---the Vim >> installation on my MacBook. > You simply upload your .vimrc-file and .vim-folder onto the device. On > a Nexus device you should place the file & folder into > /storage/emulated/0/ (or as mentioned in the vimtouch mailinglist into > /sdcard, which is the same location on a Nexus device). > To easily upload your configuration you can either attach your device > to your computer with USB as a Media device (MTP) (not a good option > on Ubuntu). Or you can use the Open Source FTP Server app [1] to start > an FTP server on your Nexus and use a program such as Filezilla on > your computer. Or another easy solution is to use DropSync [2] to sync > your config with Dropbox. I've found a file manager app---FolderSync---that looks like I can use it to move files to/from folders synced through SugarSync, Dropbox and numerous other syncing services. > Some other tips: > * I keep my entire config inside the .vim folder, including my .vimrc > file (as 'vimrc' without a dot). This makes it easier to sync with > DropSync as I only have to sync a single folder. > Then I manually created a .vimrc file (in /storage/emulated/0) with > one line: > runtime vimrc > this will load the vimrc file from inside your .vim folder. (this > works on any Vim, not just on Android) I'll keep this in mind. Above you say files should go into "/storage/emulated/0/" and in "/storage/emulated/0". Which is it. > * To check if you are running on Android, for example for > Android-specific configuration, you can use the following check in > your .vimrc: > if $VIM =~ 'vimtouch' > " do some Android specific configuration here > endif I don't understand this. >> I have a concern about android. When I went to download the >> hacker's keyboard I noticed that the permissions indicated that I >> would be giving pretty complete access to my entire system to >> anyone who wanted access to it. It even cautions "malicious apps >> may share contact data without your knowledge." I understand that >> this is standard for the android OS, and with few exceptions most >> apps. Perhaps I don't understand, but as I understand I find this >> disturbing. > > If you install and use an alternative keyboard, Android will indeed > give you a rather scary warning. However it is not as bad as you > describe. First, it is only for that keyboard app. All apps which you > install have to request various permissions to be able to do stuff, > such as read your contacts. You can inspect those permissions when > installing the app (in the confirmation dialog on Google Play) or for > an already installed app through settings > apps & then tap an app to > open the details (permissions are at the bottom). Thanks for this. It's reassuring. It wasn't that I didn't trust the hacker's keyboard developer, but the explanation of the permissions made it sound like in installing the keyboard I would be giving access to my contacts, etc., etc., etc. to everybody under the sun. > For a keyboard app, yes that will be able to read anything you type, > but if you think about it, that's only normal. You use that app to > enter text into the system, which is only possible if the app knows > what you want to type. The same concern can be made about hardware > keyboards. If you buy a real keyboard, you also have to trust the > manufacturer not to include some extra hardware to capture all your > text and send it somewhere (unless you open each keyboard and check > the internals? :) ) > >> Any help you might be able to give would be greatly appreciated. > > I hope this helps you get started on your Android adventure! Feel free > to mail more questions :) It helps *a lot*! And I appreciate it very much. The offer of future help, too. I'm sure there will be more questions. I'm kinda surprised at how little I know my way around Vim Touch. I assumed that my level of comfort with regular Vim would carry over to getting Vim Touch set up. In fact it seems like a completely different app at this point. > [1] > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.ppareit.swiftp&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImJlLnBwYXJlaXQuc3dpZnRwIl0. > > [2] > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50dHhhcHBzLmRyb3BzeW5jIl0. I'll keep these in mind, but I think---I hope!---FolderSync will take care of syncing and file management needs. I'm looking forward to getting Vim back. It feels like it's going to take a while to get to the level of comfort that I'm sued to with regular Vim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA [email protected] "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before." - Richard Feynman -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
