Lol, okay. Well then, I tried to offer some advice. Good luck with MacOS. 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 >
