Re: Vim on the iPad

On 03/09/2013 09:23 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
>
> 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?
When you hold the tablet in landscape it is very doable. In portrait
mode, keys are indeed rather small. But then again, compared to a
keyboard on a smartphone, the keys are 'huge' even in portrait mode. But
to type more than a few words/sentences an external bluetooth keyboard
is much better anyway.

Jeroen

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