On 2021-11-26, at 22:16, Samuel Banya <sba...@fastmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Marcin, > > There are a few options that exist, so I'm going to drop a few ideas in this > email. > > *"Buy A Rooted Phone" Option:* > Why not just get a rooted Android phone with Replicant on it from eBay in the > first place? > > Then, you can use Termux to ssh into a local or cloud VPS file server where > you're hosting your .org files. Most people even use Dropbox (or SyncThing, > whatever floats your boat). > > Worst case scenario, you can maybe just run a terminal version of Emacs on > the rooted Android phone (or even your current non-rooted phone), and clock > in like that. Well, doesn't that have the same security issue I mentioned? > If you're on iOS though... well... maybe its time to get out of the walled > garden? Of course not. > *"Just Use A Laptop" Option:* > I'd say maybe just get a laptop, put some decent Linux distro on it, and use > Emacs on that instead. Out of question. I need this exactly for the times when I cannot use my laptop. > Worst case scenario, you can maybe just run a terminal version of Emacs on > the rooted Android phone, and clock in like that. > > *Bash Script Approach:* > The only other thing I could think of is to do this via an easy Bash prompt > to find the same files on the ssh machine. This might be preposterous to > those on the list that might want to use Elisp for everything, but maybe its > on a device where a Linux Bash terminal just is present by default. That /could/ be a solution. > *"Just Log The Time Later" Approach:* > You could always even just make org capture templates to estimate time later > too. And I think this is the way to go. Probably also use/write some very simple time tracking app on the phone. > *Summed Up:* > The most sane approach in my opinion, is just use a computer that can > normally just use Emacs as-is. > > Then again, this is coming from someone who respects the "Getting Things > Done" method a ton, but doesn't clock in every single personal task, because > I think its really unnecessary and tedious. I think this kind of clocking > ideas are better suited for work based todo lists if you're trying to get > things done for work or something. I don't clock everything either, but there are some things that I do, and that's why I want a reasonable mobile solution. > I've seen the Android apps for Emacs Org Mode demo'd on YouTube, and it looks > clunky. Its nice for what it is, but yeah, I think Emacs overall is just > better suited for a laptop or desktop computer since you really need to just > use a keyboard to pull off most of the magic. Of course. I don't need Org editing etc. (well, maybe capture), just the clocking. That seems easy enough on mobile (UI-wise).. > Good luck with this though, Thanks! -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
