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diff --git a/content/blog/2024-07-11-emacs-on-ipad.org b/content/blog/2024-07-11-emacs-on-ipad.org index 25e752f..662cac3 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-07-11-emacs-on-ipad.org +++ b/content/blog/2024-07-11-emacs-on-ipad.org @@ -5,25 +5,23 @@ #+slug: emacs-on-ipad -This post describes the process to install and use Emacs on the iPad Air -13-inch (M2). The iPad used in this post is running iPadOS 17.6. +This post describes the process to install and use Emacs on the iPad Air 13-inch +(M2). The iPad used in this post is running iPadOS 17.6. ** Shell Application -In order to use Emacs on an iPad, you will need a terminal emulator -application. I recommend -[[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243][iSH]], since it -runs a version of Alpine Linux within the app itself and will allow you -to install packages that you need. +In order to use Emacs on an iPad, you will need a terminal emulator application. +I recommend [[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243][iSH]], since it runs a version of Alpine Linux within the app itself +and will allow you to install packages that you need. #+caption: iSH Application [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/ish.png]] ** Require Packages -I started by adding the required packages directly within iSH. Emacs -should install dependencies by default, but I include a few other -packages that I use in my terminal as well. +I started by adding the required packages directly within iSH. Emacs should +install dependencies by default, but I include a few other packages that I use +in my terminal as well. #+begin_src sh apk add emacs ripgrep fd findutils @@ -34,39 +32,37 @@ apk add emacs ripgrep fd findutils ** Emacs -Once this is complete, you should be able to run Emacs natively on your -iPad. It's effective, but can be slow at times. +Once this is complete, you should be able to run Emacs natively on your iPad. +It's effective, but can be slow at times. -I attempted to also install Doom Emacs, which technically worked, but -was so incredibly slow and buggy that I was not even able to take -screenshots. Someone smarter than me could likely get it to work with a -little tinkering. +I attempted to also install Doom Emacs, which technically worked, but was so +incredibly slow and buggy that I was not even able to take screenshots. Someone +smarter than me could likely get it to work with a little tinkering. #+caption: Emacs [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/emacs.png]] *** MELPA -You also have to remember to hook up MELPA yourself in the =.emacs= file -to be able to search through their 5700+ packages instead of just ELPA -packages. If you don't, you will only have access to ELPA packages like -the ones below. +You also have to remember to hook up MELPA yourself in the =.emacs= file to be +able to search through their 5700+ packages instead of just ELPA packages. If +you don't, you will only have access to ELPA packages like the ones below. #+caption: package-install [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/melpa.png]] -Once you have MELPA, you can install packages like the =dashboard= -package shown below. +Once you have MELPA, you can install packages like the =dashboard= package shown +below. #+caption: emacs-dashboard [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/dashboard.png]] *** Speed -While Emacs will run on my iPad, it's not perfect. The largest issue on -my iPad is speed - loading Emacs takes 6-7 seconds and installing the -=magit= package took 129 seconds. +While Emacs will run on my iPad, it's not perfect. The largest issue on my iPad +is speed - loading Emacs takes 6-7 seconds and installing the =magit= package +took 129 seconds. -I haven't played around enough to optimize loading times and poke around -to see why the network requests take so long, but it's a big enough -issue that I wouldn't see casual Emacs users dealing with the lag. +I haven't played around enough to optimize loading times and poke around to see +why the network requests take so long, but it's a big enough issue that I +wouldn't see casual Emacs users dealing with the lag. |