Re: Vim on the iPad

On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:19 AM, Jeroen Budts wrote:

> On 03/08/2013 02:39 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
>> On Mar 7, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Jeroen Budts <jeroen@lightyear.be>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I use Hacker's Keyboard daily on my Nexus 7 btw. Together with
>>> VimTouch and my entire Vim config (which I could just copy over
>>> to the tablet, no special tricks required, unlike another unnamed
>>> tablet device discussed here recently...). VimTouch with the
>>> Hacker's Keyboard really is awesome.
>>
>> Does VimTouch do syncing, e.g., to Dropbox or SugarSync?
>>
>> When you responded at the beginning of this thread you weren't keen
>> on VimTouch.
> Addendum: the developer of VimTouch is also very actively working on
> the project and very quick to respond. A few weeks ago both me and
> another VimTouch user asked for 256 color support (only 8 colors where
> available) and a week later a new VimTouch was released with 256 color
> support :)

I wrote to him wondering about a version for the iPad. That may be so far beyond the pale he won't even bother to respond. Even if it were available for the iPad, there would still be the problem of getting files into and out of the app.

At $200, I'm tempted by the Nexus 7 simply to run Vim, or rather, VimTouch. You speak of using the Hacker's Keyboard on it. Isn't that awfully cramped?

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Eric Weir
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