Edit is a new open source command line text editor from Microsoft that supports Windows, macOS and Linux. Learn what it can do, and how to try it on Ubuntu.
  • Fargeol@lemmy.world
    242·
    9 days ago

    Well, it’s made by Microsoft so I would stay away from it, even if it’s FOSS, it’s still entitled to enshitification, so…

    sees that it’s made with Rust

    I’ll probably use it on a daily basis!

  • redlemace@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 days ago

    install snap to run MS edit … more likely I’d install ms-dos 3.22 and run the original edit in there.

    • Axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      191·
      9 days ago

      There is legitimately no reason to use snap for this.

      Especially when this utility is a single fucking 217 KILOBYTE standalone binary.

      Just download it from github and toss it in ~/.local/share/bin

  • yesman@lemmy.world
    41·
    9 days ago

    I’m trying to imagine the user that both needs a text editor in the command line, yet is uncomfortable outside a gui.

    I write scripts all day, but closing a program without clicking the little ‘x’ is scary and weird.

  • Chris@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    9 days ago

    I’ve just given this a quick try in Windows (sorry, didn’t want to infect Linux with MS stuff) and… it’s pretty good.

    I might install it in Linux although I’ll probably still use nano.