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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft Introduces New Command-Line Text Editor
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 16:52:19 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> Kind of amusing to see the lengths that Microsoft keeps going to, to
> try to bolster its sagging geek cred. Now it is introducing a new
> command-line-based text editor for 64-bit Windows!
> 
> <https://www.theverge.com/news/669318/microsoft-edit-on-windows-command-line-text-editor>
> 
> Of all the excuses for reinventing the wheel, I’m not sure whether
> this one is particularly creative, particularly lame, or both:
> 
>     Microsoft also wanted to avoid the “how do I exit vim?” meme, so
>     it built its own text editor instead of relying on other available
>     options.
> 
> Really?? You wanted to spare your users the horrors of coping with
> vim?!? They’re already suffering under Windows, for goshsakes!

There's always Nano for those who can't cope with Vim/Emacs.