Using Microsoft's New CLI Text Editor on Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
from vermaterc@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 18:58
https://lemmy.ml/post/32100547

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redlemace@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 19:10 next collapse

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 on 22 Jun 19:44 collapse

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

purplemonkeymad@programming.dev on 23 Jun 17:24 collapse

I’m more impressed that ms didn’t write this as a 150MB binary than anything else.

savvywolf@pawb.social on 22 Jun 19:14 next collapse

… Surprised it took them this long to get a tui editor in Windows. I would have assumed they had at least something somewhere.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 22 Jun 20:11 next collapse

They had edit.com from the DOS era.

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Jun 20:13 collapse

Edit from MS-DOS still came with Windows XP and I think it was in 7 too. Did they remove it in later versions?

monovergent@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 21:30 collapse

It was in 7 as well, but only the 32-bit edition. edit.com stopped shipping with 64-bit editions.

webghost0101@sopuli.xyz on 22 Jun 19:26 next collapse

Psa: the reason Microsoft makes these tools linux friendly is because the know thats where the developers are at and they want them to stay familiar with their tools.

It also lowers the amount of fuss developers make when work forced them to use powershell etc because at least they can remote control and script from linux.

vermaterc@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 19:28 collapse

As long as they are free and open source, I don’t care.

yesman@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 20:19 next collapse

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.

ter_maxima@jlai.lu on 22 Jun 20:51 next collapse

I don’t like M$, but this is my new number one recommendation for new programmers. It gets them to stay within the command line, while having the normal shortcuts they’re used to from using a computer already.

I love Vim, but it’s a chore to learn when you’re also learning programming on top. Emacs is even worse, it tricks you by being a non-modal GUI, but your keyboard shortcuts all do something new and slightly insane now.

[deleted] on 22 Jun 21:36 next collapse

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sunbeam60@lemmy.one on 22 Jun 21:51 collapse

Although micro already exists for this.

ter_maxima@jlai.lu on 23 Jun 15:18 collapse

Does Micro have normal keyboard shortcuts instead of the weird ones from nano ?

XXIC3CXSTL3Z@lemmy.ml on 23 Jun 15:23 next collapse

yeah as a nano main micro is much different in keybinds I’d recommend to anyone who used nano beforehand

sunbeam60@lemmy.one on 23 Jun 19:28 collapse

Yes, CTRL+Z undos, CTRL+S saves etc

fargeol@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 21:02 next collapse

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!

NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml on 23 Jun 23:15 collapse

You may try this:

firejail --net=none microsoftedit somecode.idk

jlow@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Jun 21:22 next collapse

This seems to be a non-MS alternative:

github.com/gphalkes/tilde

Via: user.space/e002-red-hat-summit-2025/

MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca on 22 Jun 21:45 next collapse

Works on MacOS too!!

i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk on 23 Jun 08:52 next collapse

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.

DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jun 13:43 collapse

why is this better in any way then neovim