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.

why is this better in any way then neovim

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.

install snap to run MS edit ....... more likely I'd install ms-dos 3.22 and run the original edit in there.

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!

This seems to be a non-MS alternative:

https://github.com/gphalkes/tilde

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

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.

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

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.

Works on MacOS too!!

OK its ugly, thats a plus. Now how hard is it to use because i dont want a text editor that i can just open and start editing text without an instruction manual.

Not even an allusion to emacs

your muscle memory might like the fact Edit shares many of the latter’s keybindings. This could make it easier to slot in to your workflow compared to vim or nano (though I stress it’s not a replacement for either of those).

I have no experience with vim, only deep fear. But tell me how this new edit could not be a replacement for nano? I use nano a lot and it's quite simple?

That's why I learned nano in 1993 and never grew from there.

How hard is it to quit?

@cm0002 When we have Emacs, Nvi, Vim, Nano, wtf would we pollute our systems with Microshaft?

@cm0002 Slipperly slope.

@cm0002 Microsoft's new open source, supporting Windows, macOS and Linux Sprunki Retake is a must for me!

@cm0002 I know the deep state wants us all to have Windows or Mac so they can spy on us, and if they can't force us into shit operating systems then they want to pollute ours so they can spy on us.