When MS-DOS 5.0 was launched in 1991, one of its major innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. These days, it’s old news—yet fondly remembered.

It took a while, but Microsoft has finally delivered a long-awaited tool for developers, sysadmins, and terminal enthusiasts. Starting with the latest versions of Windows 11 (24H2 and 25H2), a new ...

The 32-bit versions of Windows were shipped with MS-DOS Editor. Currently, there is no built-in CLI text editor in 64-bit Windows OS. This made Microsoft develop an Edit text editor for 64-bit Windows ...

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 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 ...

It’s easy to copy and paste text messages on Android, and below we’ll walk you through how to do this using Google Messages, as well as what to do if you have a Samsung phone. How to copy and paste a ...

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...