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author: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net> · 2024-07-11T20:48:13Z

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+date = 2024-07-11T20:24:02
+title = "Emacs on iPadOS"
+description = "Learn how to install and use Emacs on the Apple Silicon iPad natively."
+draft = true
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+
+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 [iSH](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243), since 
+it runs a version of Alpine Linux within the app itself and will allow you to 
+install packages that you need.
+
+![iSH App](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/)
+
+## 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.
+
+```sh
+apk add emacs ripgrep fd findutils
+```
+
+![Package Installation](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/)
+
+## Emacs
+
+Once this is complete, you should be able to run Emacs natively on your iPad. 
+It's fairly 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.
+
+![Emacs](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/)
+
+### Annoyances
+
+While Emacs is running at this point, it's not perfect. There is no `.emacs` 
+file by default, installing a framework like Doom seemed to be too much, and 
+some utilities and packages are missing from the bare Alpine installation.
+
+There also seems to be a problem getting a wider selection of packages from 
+MELPA, but you can see below that a handful of readily-available packages. I 
+likely just need to change my configuration for MELPA, but I did not explore 
+this area further.
+
+You can test this out yourself with `M-x package-install <search-termœ>`.
+
+![package-install](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240711-emacs-on-ipad/)