Welcome!

[Rask]

I use my phone quite a lot these days, and I'd like to create bits of code on it. Are there any good editor which work on a phone (Nokia E71 to be precise)?

A FTP connection possibility would be good, so would highlighting. The editor needs to be free too.

Any suggestions welcome.

[Andy]

The reason you're having a hard time finding an application for your mobile phone is that no person in their right mind would even consider writing code from a mobile. It's just insane.

[Rask]

With spare time and a QWERTY phone with a reasonably fast connection I don't find it that hard. Oh well. Better luck next time. Thanks for posting anyway.

[federico.bond]

I couldn't find any app for doing that.
But no, you are not crazy for wanting to edit code on the go.

[Andy]

But no, you are not crazy for wanting to edit code on the go.

No, but it's insane to do so on a 2x3cm screen with buttons designed for dialling numbers.
So be smart about it and get yourself a laptop instead.

[jock]

I don't know any code editors, I've got putty on my phone so I can use it to go onto my server and edit stuff with vim. But just like Andy said, its really difficult to use on such a small screen (even with QWERTY) and its very time consuming, even to type one line.

[Kaypearl]

Ignore Andy, I've found myself sometimes thinking of the same thing.

What you could do is write a draft of your code, send it to your email then copy paste it onto your text editor on your computer.

[Andy]

Ignore Andy

Ignore me? why? My point is valid.

[FrankRose]

The reason you're having a hard time finding an application for your mobile phone is that no person in their right mind would even consider writing code from a mobile. It's just insane.

[Andy]

@FrankRose: Did you have something to say by quoting me or were you basically just agreeing with me?

[m00min]

If you want to edit code on the go I'd say get yourself a netbook. I've got an SSH client on my phone but I wouldn't use it for anything more than switching off my computer or starting up an app on my media computer. It's an exercise in frustration to attempt anything more.

[Andy]

@m00min: Exactly.