Visual Studio Code has been my favorite programming text editor and integrated development environment (IDE) for years. Even as I’ve switched between working on front-end web development, CLI tools, ...

Windows 11 Notepad just got a major upgrade, and it’s no longer just a plain text editor. Although a light replacement for WordPad, it now supports markdown and cool formatting options. Here, we will ...

When MS-DOS 5.0 was released in 1991, one of the big innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. Now, Microsoft has developed a new version of ...

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, built ...

Microsoft has released version 1.2.0 of ‘Edit,’ its new open-source command-line text editor, pushing a significant update just one month after the tool’s initial reveal at the Build 2025 conference.

If you were a fan of the MS-DOS from the 90s, you will love Microsoft Edit – a fully open-source command-line interface (CLI) text editor. Microsoft Edit addresses a specific need for a default CLI ...

Following the deprecation of WordPad, Microsoft has been adding a lot of features to Notepad, which has led to criticism from users who prefer Notepad for its no-frills simplicity. If you’re such a ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is ushering in a lightweight text editor for Windows 11 called Edit, which it says pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor experience, but with a suitably modern interface. It's ...

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