Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ?

Anne,

Android is based on (a modified version of) Linux.
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Get a manual of Linux commands. Then experiment.

:-) You're talking about the mundane stuff like being able to navigate the
filesystem and run programs.   I'm rather sure that my time with a Raspberry
Pi will have been beneficial toward that.  I just have to remember the
execute bit and the ".\" prefix.

No, I'm talking about the specific Linux version on the phone and what it
offers that other linux versions do not.

Especially in regard to programming (see subjectline), which means API
support towards the devices capabilities.

If learning some basics of Linux (and C ) was my goal I would have kept my
attention on a Raspberry Pi.  And that got, due to absense of information
(and half implemented features but fully mentioned in header files),
cumbersome fast.

... hence my request for information /before/ I go off the deep end.

If you are also a Linux noobie,

I am.  Just like I will be a noobie on the next version of Windows - even if
I've been using Windows in general for a good number of years now.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser