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For me the thing keeping me on markdown is Obsidian on mobile - no other note taking app comes close. If they made an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs com

by hahajk 9mo ago

For me the thing keeping me on markdown is Obsidian on mobile - no other note taking app comes close. If they made an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs complete with elisp support, not the existing org mode apps) that was a pleasure to use, I would likely switch to that. As it is, the * vs # for headings makes switching between the two uncomfortable.

1313ed01 9mo ago
I have used Emacs on mobile for years. Works great in Termux on Android for instance. I use it daily and with the same .emacs.d (synced using git) as I use on computers, with just a few conditionals in init.el to not load too many bloated dependencies for things I am unlikely to use on my phone anyway.
- nanomonkey 9mo ago
  I can second this, Termux + Emacs turned my phone back into a personal computer. It is helpful to add extra keys to your touch keyboard, which you can do by editing your termux properties file (see https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard). Helpful when you don't have a hardware keyboard available.
xenodium 9mo ago
I’ve built a handful of org based iOS apps. While my initial intention was to bring as much org support to iOS as possible (https://plainorg.com https://plainorg.com), my thinking evolved over time and I gravitated towards a different kind of mobile-optimised experience, and so https://journelly.com https://journelly.com was born. I’ve recently added Markdown support too https://xenodium.com/journelly-1-3-released https://xenodium.com/journelly-1-3-released I use Journelly the most and is also my most popular app. I have an org scratch pad and also a habit tracking app https://flathabits.com https://flathabits.com.
- kleinishere 9mo ago
  Happy Journelly user here! Finally a great place to store notes/links on my iPhone in a simple but powerful app for rediscovery. That I can bring to my windows / Linux / Mac eMacs.
thetemp_ 9mo ago
> an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs complete with elisp support, not the existing org mode apps) There is an official fully graphical Emacs for Android (not just the terminal version in Termux). > that was a pleasure to use Oh... Well, it will probably get better in time, as new features are added. For now, it actually works great with an Android tablet of 8" or more and a bluetooth keyboard. The small screen of a phone doesn't lend itself well to Emacs's interface.
golem14 9mo ago
Btw, which other note taking apps worth talking about exist? I am aware of org-roam and scimax (?) and both look promising but I find that (at least for org-roam) there’s not enough big picture explaining what is going on behind the curtains. That somewhat discouraged me from spending a lot of time with it, but a quick glance did look promising.
- sroerick 9mo ago
  org-roam is a very small and stable codebase, worth reading on its own simply for education, but I also find that if you're interested in the internals, it's pretty accessible.

by hahajk 9mo ago

1313ed01 9mo ago

I have used Emacs on mobile for years. Works great in Termux on Android for instance. I use it daily and with the same .emacs.d (synced using git) as I use on computers, with just a few conditionals in init.el to not load too many bloated dependencies for things I am unlikely to use on my phone anyway.

nanomonkey 9mo ago
I can second this, Termux + Emacs turned my phone back into a personal computer. It is helpful to add extra keys to your touch keyboard, which you can do by editing your termux properties file (see https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard). Helpful when you don't have a hardware keyboard available.

xenodium 9mo ago

I’ve built a handful of org based iOS apps. While my initial intention was to bring as much org support to iOS as possible (https://plainorg.com https://plainorg.com), my thinking evolved over time and I gravitated towards a different kind of mobile-optimised experience, and so https://journelly.com https://journelly.com was born. I’ve recently added Markdown support too https://xenodium.com/journelly-1-3-released https://xenodium.com/journelly-1-3-released I use Journelly the most and is also my most popular app. I have an org scratch pad and also a habit tracking app https://flathabits.com https://flathabits.com.

kleinishere 9mo ago
Happy Journelly user here! Finally a great place to store notes/links on my iPhone in a simple but powerful app for rediscovery. That I can bring to my windows / Linux / Mac eMacs.

thetemp_ 9mo ago

> an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs complete with elisp support, not the existing org mode apps) There is an official fully graphical Emacs for Android (not just the terminal version in Termux). > that was a pleasure to use Oh... Well, it will probably get better in time, as new features are added. For now, it actually works great with an Android tablet of 8" or more and a bluetooth keyboard. The small screen of a phone doesn't lend itself well to Emacs's interface.

golem14 9mo ago

Btw, which other note taking apps worth talking about exist? I am aware of org-roam and scimax (?) and both look promising but I find that (at least for org-roam) there’s not enough big picture explaining what is going on behind the curtains. That somewhat discouraged me from spending a lot of time with it, but a quick glance did look promising.

sroerick 9mo ago
org-roam is a very small and stable codebase, worth reading on its own simply for education, but I also find that if you're interested in the internals, it's pretty accessible.