→ The Screenshot That May Finally Force Me To Buy An iPad
That’s Vim! On an iPad! Using Prompt!
I’d love to buy an iPad, but my 5-year-old MacBook is really starting to show its age and there’s no way I can justify both. The main reason I need a laptop though is for writing in Vim. If I could do that on an iPad…
One question and one comment:
What are the ergonomics of using an iPad with the external keyboard? I’ve never actually seen someone do it, and it seems like it could be very awkward.
The “Oh yeah…” moment that brings me down a little bit after seeing this screenshot is that, of course, it’s an SSH app. You’re still connecting to another computer over the internet, and therefore dependent on, say, coffee shop wifi to keep you connected while writing. Of course, with a mythical Android tablet, with it’s old school file system, one could have a fully native Android version of Vim working off local files. I hear there are several great writing apps for iOS that hook into Dropbox, but I suspect the Dropbox-enabled port of Vim is still a ways off.