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Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev
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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

MS-DOS Editor changed that by introducing concepts that seem basic today: a full-screen interface, mouse support, and pull-down menus you could actually navigate without memorizing cryptic commands.

Vi users:

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

isn't the whole point of text editors to have cryptic commands?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Except it's not actually EDIT.COM, it's something completely different written in rust. It doesn't even look the same :(

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

EDIT is where I learned about keyboard shortcuts! And we do not speak of EDLIN.