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Re: VIM for android?

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On 23/02/2026 13:05, 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.
>
>    2) A real GUI version of VIM that runs on the tablet GUI would be nice,
>    but not nearly as important as the previous point.
>
>(*) Or, actually any reasonably full-featured version of vi.
>
>Note: I searched the web and it turned up something called "DroidVIM",
>which is supposed to be available in the Play Store, but I could not find
>it (or anything similar) there.

If you have developer mode enabled in Android 16, you can enable a native
 terminal app that seems to run in a Debian VM. I've just tried it on my
 Pixel 9 Pro - Vim is installed already for me.

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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
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            Re: VIM for android? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-02 05:49 +0000
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