- Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text . . .
Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5 0 back in 1991 The new open source tool
- Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor For Linux - Slashdot
Microsoft has released a modern, open-source version of its classic MS-DOS Editor -- built with Rust and compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux It's now simple called "Edit " Ars Technica reports: Aside from ease of use, Microsoft's main reason for creating the new version of Edit stems from a
- Releases · microsoft edit - GitHub
Welcome to our first servicing release! Thanks to your contributions, this release contains a large amount of bug fixes and welcome additions Let us know if you like it in the linked discussion If you're using Linux, we would greatly appreciate if you could help us find a name for our editor! You can read more about it and vote here Changes We added a "Go to Line Column" dialog and bound it
- Microsoft Quietly Released a Dope New Terminal-based Editor
First Look Microsoft Quietly Released a Dope New Terminal-based Editor It is available for Windows as well as Linux No learning curve here as most common keyboard shortcuts work as they do in most GUI based editors
- Microsoft Revives Classic MS-DOS Text Editor for Linux Users
The Wiz June 23, 2025Last Updated: June 23, 2025 2 minutes read Summary – Microsoft released a modern open-source remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, now called “Edit,” which works on Windows, macOS, and Linux – The cross-platform availability has surprised and delighted longtime users, especially those running Linux, who never expected to see the tool on their preferred OS – The
- Microsoft Revives MS-DOS Editor as ‘Edit’ for All Platforms
From 1991 to 2025: A Legacy Reimagined In June 2025, Microsoft unveiled Edit, a modern open-source remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor that first shipped with MS-DOS 5 0 in 1991 Written entirely in Rust and released under the permissive MIT license, Edit delivers the familiar full-screen text-editing experience to Windows, macOS, and—as a surprising twist—Linux
- Microsoft releases WSL as open source, announces CLI text . . .
Aside from releasing WSL as open source, Microsoft also released a new command-line text editor – simply called Edit It’s also open source, in its early stages, and is basically the equivalent of Nano It turns out 32bit versions of Windows up until Windows 10 still shipped with the MS-DOS Editor, but obviously that one needed a replacement
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