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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:16:27 Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <eli$2602231539@qaz.wtf>,
> Eli the Bearded  <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>In comp.editors, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a version of VIM (*) for Android (tablets/phones).
>>> 
>>> There are actually two threads to this:
>>> 
>>>     1) A text version of it that I can use from a shell prompt.  This is my
>>>     primary goal.  I currently have an sshd running on the tablet and can
>>>     get to a shell prompt via ssh, but the only editor available is the
>>>     "toybox" version of vi, which basically is so crippled that it doesn't
>>>     work at all.  I'd like something better.
>>
>>I have Termux installed from F-Droid and vim installed in that. Works
>>fine. Termux provides soft-buttons for things like <esc> and <ctrl>.
>>What soft-buttons you want will vary with your installed keyboard and
>>preferences. The Termux vim is usually pretty close to most recent.
>>I checked today and had 9.1.1750 installed, then did a "pkg up" and
>>now I have 9.2.18, which is five days old:
> 
> 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.

Both is possible. TermUX on the Android tablet/phone provides a
Linux shell wherein you can also install and use vim (and other
software). In particular it has sshd, so that you can connect
from the computer to the phone.

Since I did not root my phone, I am an ordinary user within TermUX,
so I use a higher port (e.g. sshd -p 8022) and passphrase/key-exchange
instead of passwords, but that is not really a problem.

Some time ago I have also tried a VIM app, but I do not remember the
name and it did not really work well.

-- 
M.O.

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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
        Re: VIM for android? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-02-24 12:37 +0000
          Re: VIM for android? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-24 14:29 +0100
            Re: VIM for android? Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-02-25 13:17 +0000
      Re: VIM for android? Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-02-24 13:22 +0000
      Re: VIM for android? Marc Olschok <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-03-01 20:52 +0000
        Re: VIM for android? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-01 21:31 +0000
          Re: VIM for android? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-03-01 23:40 +0000
            Re: VIM for android? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-02 05:49 +0000
  Re: VIM for android? Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> - 2026-02-25 01:52 +0000
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