App of Interest [Android]: DroidEdit

[rcjordan]

DroidEdit is a text and source code editor (similar to Notepad++ or gedit) for android tablets and phones with the following features:
★ Syntax Highlighting for several languages (C, C++, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Ruby, Lua, LaTeX, SQL, ...)
★ Several color themes
★ Infinite undo & redo
★ Search & replace
★ Auto & block indentation
★ Keep opened files and changes between sessions
★ Open files directly from dropbox or a file manager
★ Character encoding support
★ Keyboard shortcuts (List below)
★ Share documents with other services (dropbox, email, ...)
★ Preview HTML files in browser
★ Bracket matching
★ Go to line
★ Run Scripts in SL4A directly
★ Configurable Shortcuts

Pro version only features:

★ SFTP/FTP support
★ Dropbox, Drive, Box support
★ Custom themes
★ Run external commands through SSH
★ Root mode

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aor.droidedit

hat tip: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/46p68a/what_android_lacked_was_a_notepad_like_text/

[rcjordan]

<added>
This may be part of the plan for posting directly in a flatfile cms from a phone.

[bill]

I was going to ask why you'd want to have a text editor on a phone, but forgot about your CMS ideas. I've always found it tough to type anything of length on a phone. Voice input can help, but not with code.

Wonder if there are any markup WYSIWYG things for phones that would work with your system?

[rcjordan]

As it turned out, the one I'm tearing apart had CKEdit working on my Note4.

http://th3core.com/talk/web-development/typesettercms-teardown/msg41035/#msg41035


>markup

There is a markdown plugin for the cms, too. It might work on chrome mobile. I haven't worked with markup/down, though.

https://www.typesettercms.com/Plugins/301_EasyMark_MarkDown_for_GPEasy


Syntax Highlighter, too.

https://www.typesettercms.com/Plugins/227_Syntax_Highlighter

[bill]

Most markup is the same, so you might be able to get away with the generic plugin editor on the mobile browser. Keep in mind that Firefox mobile will work with a lot of extensions (at least on Android), so you may not need a completely separate text editor app if you can find extensions that do the job for you.

[rcjordan]

>Firefox mobile will work with a lot of extensions (at least on Android)

Really good to know.  I could ^barely tolerate loading a 'content dev' browser.  If Dras ends up using TScms for clients, that might be particularly useful for him.

[ergophobe]

>>CKEdit working on my Note4.

Drupal is beg enough there were actually WYSIWYG editor creators sort of competing to be the default editor. Drupal 8 has a few hard, fast requirements and two of them are mobile-friendly and i18n. CKEditor had a few shortcomings that took it off the list and the developer contacted the Drupal team and basically said "gimme your laundry list and a couple of months before you make a decision."

I quit following after that, but D8 is recently released and CKEditor is part of it. So there has been and now will be strong emphasis on making it work without a keyboard I think.

I did NOT watch this, so I don't know if it's good, but you might find it interesting
https://amsterdam2014.drupal.org/session/ckeditor-drupal-8-new-possibilities.html

I was going to ask why you'd want to have a text editor on a phone

Same thought given that you said that end users would never use markdown and suddenly you're all on about syntax highlighting on a tablet!