Is it possible to have a normal text editor on Android
so that I can open any text file from anywhere in that Android text editor?
Does Android have the concept of a text editor like Linux does?
But an app that is aware of this new
regulation may ask the user to grant additional permissions to
access files in more directories IIRC.
still quite akward to use. Also the CUI (Character/'Console' UI) of vim >doesn't quite fit the GUI of Android.
Does Android have the concept of a text editor like Linux does?
You know, you tap on any text file & it comes up in that text editor?
The text file for Windows & Linux is OUTSIDE of the text editor.
The text editor itself doesn't store anything in its private space. Everything is stored in the text file.
You know, like how Windows & Linux does things.
Does Android have that concept?
Everything I've seen so far in Android works different than that.
The editors seem to keep the text file inside of the editor.
In some special proprietary format.
And database.
An example is Joplin. And Tasks. And Notes. And MS Office.
I don't want that.
I just want a text editor just like Windows & Linux does things.
Usually I copy the text file over to Android from Windows.
But sometimes I make the text file on Android with a file manager.
Is it possible to have a normal text editor on Android
so that I can open any text file from anywhere in that Android text editor?
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote or quoted:
still quite akward to use. Also the CUI (Character/'Console' UI) of vim >doesn't quite fit the GUI of Android.
That's what I liked about Android 2.2. You could install
"TerminalIDE", which would open a terminal and give you a
fully-fledged UN*X environment with a kind of bash, vim and
a java compiler, aapt, apkbuilder, signer and the usual GNU
tools so you could develop Java apps for Android on Android
and then also start them from the command line.
I developed some simple apps in this shell editing them with
vim on my Android device.
But then Google changed something, and, today, such things do
not seem to be possible anymore.
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
Does Android have the concept of a text editor like Linux does?
You know, you tap on any text file & it comes up in that text editor?
The text file for Windows & Linux is OUTSIDE of the text editor.
The text editor itself doesn't store anything in its private space. Everything is stored in the text file.
You know, like how Windows & Linux does things.
Does Android have that concept?
Everything I've seen so far in Android works different than that.
The editors seem to keep the text file inside of the editor.
In some special proprietary format.
And database.
An example is Joplin. And Tasks. And Notes. And MS Office.
I don't want that.
I just want a text editor just like Windows & Linux does things.
Usually I copy the text file over to Android from Windows.
But sometimes I make the text file on Android with a file manager.
Is it possible to have a normal text editor on Android
so that I can open any text file from anywhere in that Android text editor?
I feel your pain! :-)
I don't do much editing on Android, but when I have to, it's indeed a
pain to edit a simple POA (Plain Old ASCII) text file.
My first so-so solution was 'FX TextEdit' which is part of the 'FX
File Explorer' [1].
As I'm an 'ex' Unix person, I do all my text file editing on Windows
in vim, so I looked for a vim-for-Android and got 'DroidVim' [2].
DroidVim is usable, but the small screen and keyboard of a phone make it still quite akward to use. Also the CUI (Character/'Console' UI) of vim doesn't quite fit the GUI of Android.
N.B. For both FX TextEdit and DroidVim, the text file must have a .txt extension, otherwise a file manager can not find an app to open the
file.
Personally, I would prefer something like (Windows) Notepad on
Android, but haven't found that yet (but haven't being looking very hard yet).
[1] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx>
[2] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droidvim>
But an app that is aware of this new
regulation may ask the user to grant additional permissions to
access files in more directories IIRC.
Few years ago, to do this, the app had to:
- declare MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in its manifest, and
- use the ACTION_MANAGE_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION intent action
so that the user can enable this.
Does Android have the concept of a text editor like Linux does?
These days, when people say text editor they often mean word
processor. So which kind do you mean? Libreoffice Writer kind or the
plain text kind that's in Linux handled by Emacs or vi or nano or
whatever?
Anyways, assuming the latter, for me it's usually enough to use the
included text editor in Ghost Commander but I guess it doesn't
count. With a quick search SimpleEditorFree came up and it seems like an example of that so the answer to your question is yes.
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