On 2021-11-27, at 22:42, Samuel Banya <sba...@fastmail.com> wrote:
> Lol, okay. Well then, I tried to offer some advice. Good luck with MacOS. Well, thanks - it was actually valuable. Also - out of curiosity - what gave you the impression I'm using MacOS??? Fun fact: I did once use an iPad (a borrowed one) for half a day, and I found the experience terrible enough to not come near anything Apple-related;-). Best, mbork > > Its better to keep Emacs uncaged :) > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021, at 7:25 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> >> 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 >> -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
