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Microsoft launches Edit, a new open source command-line text editor for Windows (alternativeto.net)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, they reinvented nano.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Nano, but worse lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nah, they just recompiled the old MS-DOS editor. Next they will announce a BASIC interpreter and will call it WBasic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Edit is originally from 80's right, at least in dos you got edit that opened the editor which looks similar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I’m glad the blog post addressed “why are you making this”, because I had the same immediate thought.