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Nolan Darilek 2d ago

@fireborn I'd be really interested in reading more about your phone-first workflow--what apps you use for coding/writing, etc. I've wanted something like that for a while now but haven't had the patience to smash my head against a brick wall for a while figuring it out, which you've obviously already done. :)

@nolan For quick notes, I use 'Quick MD Capture'. For more detailed ones, 'Simple Markdown'. Both from Fdroid.

For code, I made my own editor that is a line editor, each line of code is its own element, and I can add line above, add line below, etc. I can jump between blocks with heading navigation, and zoom into a particular block to have just that code in a text box.

@fireborn @nolan doesn't that take a long time though, if you have to press add line below each time you want to type something else, instead of pressing enter on the virtual keyboard, or am I misunderstanding?

@esoteric_programmer @nolan If I'm just typing the next line, I can press enter or how ever you enter a new line for your input method to add a new one. What I don't have to do is use TalkBack's clunky reading controls to navigate through a giant text box. Only the current zoom level is in the text box (line, inner block, outer block, file)

@fireborn @nolan ah, I see, that sounds interesting indeed. And like, do you build and compile stuff for the phone on the phone too? do we have the android sdk for android?

@esoteric_programmer @nolan I compile in Termux and install via local ADB. If I want faster build times, I ssh to a server and build there, and again, install via wireless ADB possible through Tailscale

@fireborn @nolan you can use local adb from the phone itself? I thought you need a computer for that

@esoteric_programmer @nolan You can set up local ADB with wireless debugging

@fireborn @nolan hmm, interesting, do you then need some kind of adb client for that, right? can you install adb via termux?

@fireborn @nolan O and also, I'm reading your post, and grrr the fingerprint reader, I have this issue on my phone, I long stopped trying to fix it, so password it is :p