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Re: VIM for android?

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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:

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0018

Here's the $HOME/.termux/termux.properties from one of my systems:

extra-keys = [['ESC','/','-','~','*','UP',':','_','CTRL'], \
              ['TAB','<','=','>','LEFT','DOWN','RIGHT','|','INS']]


I use <ins> for 'pastetoggle' in vim, making it pretty useful to me.

>     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.

I can't help with this. I know X11 packages exist in Termux, but I'm not
sure how well they work.

Elijah
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has not used Termux specifically on a tablet in some years

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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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