{"id":8113,"date":"2019-06-17T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2019-06-17T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:05:32","slug":"orgzly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=8113","title":{"rendered":"Orgzly"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my Portable Operating System<\/a> post and its comments, I bemoaned the lack of an Emacs port to iOS\/ipadOS or at least to the iPad. If I had that, I\u2019d probably still use my MacBook Pro at home but I\u2019d, for the first time, be able to easily and unobtrusively take my working environment with me wherever I went.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not there yet but we can<\/i> carry a crucial part of our Emacs environment on our phones and iPads. The apps that enable that are Orgzly<\/a> and beorg<\/a>. This post is about Orgzly, the solution for Android phone users. Perhaps I\u2019ll cover beorg, the iPhone solution, in another post.<\/p>\n

Because Orgzly is Android only and I\u2019m an iPhone user, I don\u2019t have any personal experience with it but I\u2019ve read nothing but good things about it. You won\u2019t get the whole Org-mode experience, of course, but you can capture notes, display agendas, and track your progress on tasks when you\u2019re out and about. The alternative for Org users is to maintain two lists: one for Org-mode and another for the mobile app of your choice. Perhaps you can even exchange data but that\u2019s enough friction to prevent many people from adopting it.<\/p>\n

Josh Rollins is an Orgzly user and blogs about it regularly. In a recent post, he has a mini-interview with Orgzly\u2019s author<\/a>. If you\u2019re curious about Orgzly, take a look at Rollins\u2019 post. It gives you a nice overview of what the app is trying to accomplish and the project\u2019s goals. If you want more information there\u2019s an FAQ<\/a> and some documentation<\/a> to look at.<\/p>\n

As far as I can see, the only real problem with Orgzly is that the only available syncing option is Dropbox<\/a>. Due to Dropbox\u2019s recent price increase and policy changes, that may be a problem for some users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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