At the Build conference, Microsoft introduced Edit on Windows, an open-source command line text editor aimed at improving the development experience. This compact tool, under 250KB, allows users to edit files directly from the command prompt, featuring keybindings, file navigation, and advanced editing functions such as find and replace with regular expression support. Developed to fill the gap in 64-bit Windows for CLI editors, it eliminates the complexities of modal editors. Availability will be in the Windows Insider program soon, alongside a rebranding of Windows Dev Home to Advanced Windows Settings.
"What motivated us to build Edit was the need for a default CLI text editor in 64-bit versions of Windows. 32-bit versions of Windows ship with the MS-DOS Edit, but 64-bit versions do not have a CLI editor installed inbox."
"Because we wanted to avoid this for a built-in default editor, we decided that we wanted a modeless editor for Windows, versus a modal editor where new users would have to remember different modes of operation and how to switch between them."
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