From: nobody@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:16:27 Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Eli the Bearded  <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:   
   >>In comp.editors, Kenny McCormack  wrote:   
   >>> I'm looking for a version of VIM (*) for Android (tablets/phones).   
   >>>   
   >>> There are actually two threads to this:   
   >>>   
   >>>     1) A text version of it that I can use from a shell prompt.  This is my   
   >>>     primary goal.  I currently have an sshd running on the tablet and can   
   >>>     get to a shell prompt via ssh, but the only editor available is the   
   >>>     "toybox" version of vi, which basically is so crippled that it doesn't   
   >>>     work at all.  I'd like something better.   
   >>   
   >>I have Termux installed from F-Droid and vim installed in that. Works   
   >>fine. Termux provides soft-buttons for things like  and .   
   >>What soft-buttons you want will vary with your installed keyboard and   
   >>preferences. The Termux vim is usually pretty close to most recent.   
   >>I checked today and had 9.1.1750 installed, then did a "pkg up" and   
   >>now I have 9.2.18, which is five days old:   
   >   
   > This sounds more like it is addressing point 2.  I.e., something to run   
   > sitting on the phone/tablet itself.  I'm mostly interested in something I   
   > can run remotely; that is, while ssh'd into the phone/tablet.  I say all   
   > this because if I am ssh'd in, I am coming from a real computer, with a   
   > real keyboard, so I wouldn't have to worry about "soft keys" and such   
   > things.   
      
   Both is possible. TermUX on the Android tablet/phone provides a   
   Linux shell wherein you can also install and use vim (and other   
   software). In particular it has sshd, so that you can connect   
   from the computer to the phone.   
      
   Since I did not root my phone, I am an ordinary user within TermUX,   
   so I use a higher port (e.g. sshd -p 8022) and passphrase/key-exchange   
   instead of passwords, but that is not really a problem.   
      
   Some time ago I have also tried a VIM app, but I do not remember the   
   name and it did not really work well.   
      
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