Microsoft’s Edit Text Editor Runs Well on Ubuntu

If you spend a lot time in a terminal on Linux you’ll have preferred command-line text editor, but Microsoft’s recently announced open-source offering, simply called Edit, might be worth checking out — if only so you know you’re not missing out. Edit is a remake/reboot of the old MS-DOS Editor, updated to suit current sensibilities. It’s built with Rust and offers “modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code”, according the project GitHub page. Microsoft created Edit to “to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use”, giving users on Windows out-of-the-box access to […]

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