The NEW MS DOS Editor

[NakedApe]

Gee, this looks familiar.  The article states, "At a time when AI coding assistants and sophisticated IDEs dominate software development, it's fun to think that we may be on the verge of a renaissance in appreciation for simple, fast tools that just work."  Yes! It's cross platform too.
Revamped IDE



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[bplus]

Well that brings back memories! I think some version of that could be found in Windows through the years, just never advertised as feature.

[eoredson]

Since the '80s I have been using Edit.com exclusively for editing and programming!

It allows up to 9 files loaded with switching using F8 and search with F3..

Code: (Select All)

Volume in drive C is LLAMA
Volume Serial Number is 365E-5313
Directory of C:\QB64pe-4.0.0\qbshell

EDIT    COM            69,854 05/26/2012  2:39a edit.com
EDIT    HLP            10,790 05/11/1998 11:01p edit.hlp
EDIT    LST                108 06/24/2025 10:09p edit.lst
    3 File(s)            80,752 Bytes
    0 Dir(s)    63,167,643,648 Bytes free

[a740g]

I used the binary editing feature in the classic edit.com a lot, which unfortunately isn't available in this new version of Edit. That said, at just around 250 KB, the new Edit is lightweight and quite handy for quick file edits directly from the Terminal.

Installation on Windows 11 is also seamless - winget install Microsoft.Edit and you're good to go.

The UI looks a lot different. But that does not really bother me.