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In article <eli$2602231850@qaz.wtf>,
Eli the Bearded  <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>In comp.editors, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
>> This sounds more like it is addressing point 2.  I.e., something to run
>> sitting on the phone/tablet itself.  I'm mostly interested in something I
>> can run remotely; that is, while ssh'd into the phone/tablet.  I say all
>> this because if I am ssh'd in, I am coming from a real computer, with a
>> real keyboard, so I wouldn't have to worry about "soft keys" and such
>> things.
>
>I misunderstood your ssh to about ssh'ing from the tablet. (I ssh from
>Termux and use vim with the Termux softkeys.)

Understood.  No worries.

>> I'd have to look into installing Termux and get familiar with it in order
>> to comment further on this aspect.  But as I said, I'm mostly interested in
>> something I can run from an ssh connection.
>
>Seems then this a question for you to figure out yourself.

Well, yes, but one always hopes that someone else has already solved this
problem.  Seems like it should be do-able.

>How do you install software?

Not sure what you are asking here.
For the most part, I just use the Google Play Store.

>How do you use that method to install a real version of vim?

Well, it might not be possible.  But if someone else has already solved
this problem, then it might be necessary to download an .apk file from
their own website rather than using the Play Store.  I've already been down
this road a time or two: The Android OS tries very hard to discourage you
from doing this - that is, installing anything that didn't come from their
Play Store - but you can do it if you really want to.

>Sympathizes that busybox vi is very bad

Actually, on my phones/tablets, it is toybox, which is even worse than busybox.

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VIM for android? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-02-23 13:05 +0000
  Re: VIM for android? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-02-23 20:52 +0000
    Re: VIM for android? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-02-23 21:16 +0000
      Re: VIM for android? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-02-23 23:51 +0000
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