Comment by hahajk
1 day ago
For me the thing keeping me on markdown is Obsidian on mobile - no other note taking app comes close. If they made an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs complete with elisp support, not the existing org mode apps) that was a pleasure to use, I would likely switch to that.
As it is, the * vs # for headings makes switching between the two uncomfortable.
I’ve built a handful of org based iOS apps.
While my initial intention was to bring as much org support to iOS as possible (https://plainorg.com), my thinking evolved over time and I gravitated towards a different kind of mobile-optimised experience, and so https://journelly.com was born. I’ve recently added Markdown support too https://xenodium.com/journelly-1-3-released
I use Journelly the most and is also my most popular app.
I have an org scratch pad and also a habit tracking app https://flathabits.com.
Happy Journelly user here! Finally a great place to store notes/links on my iPhone in a simple but powerful app for rediscovery. That I can bring to my windows / Linux / Mac eMacs.
I have used Emacs on mobile for years. Works great in Termux on Android for instance. I use it daily and with the same .emacs.d (synced using git) as I use on computers, with just a few conditionals in init.el to not load too many bloated dependencies for things I am unlikely to use on my phone anyway.
I can second this, Termux + Emacs turned my phone back into a personal computer.
It is helpful to add extra keys to your touch keyboard, which you can do by editing your termux properties file (see https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard). Helpful when you don't have a hardware keyboard available.
Btw, which other note taking apps worth talking about exist? I am aware of org-roam and scimax (?) and both look promising but I find that (at least for org-roam) there’s not enough big picture explaining what is going on behind the curtains. That somewhat discouraged me from spending a lot of time with it, but a quick glance did look promising.
org-roam is a very small and stable codebase, worth reading on its own simply for education, but I also find that if you're interested in the internals, it's pretty accessible.
> an actual Emacs for mobile (actual emacs complete with elisp support, not the existing org mode apps)
There is an official fully graphical Emacs for Android (not just the terminal version in Termux).
> that was a pleasure to use
Oh... Well, it will probably get better in time, as new features are added. For now, it actually works great with an Android tablet of 8" or more and a bluetooth keyboard. The small screen of a phone doesn't lend itself well to Emacs's interface.