How to edit text files directly from Command Prompt and PowerShell

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft says Notepad on Windows 11 is now “elevated”, as it adds new AI features (completely optional)

"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Forget Microsoft Loop: Try these open-source apps instead

Same idea, but open-source ...
Make Tech Easier

Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal

Fresh is an easy-to-use and poweful text editor for the terminal. It takes many things we love about modern graphical editors ...
PC World

Microsoft is adding a simpler text editor than Notepad to Windows 11 soon

Following the deprecation of WordPad, Microsoft has been adding a lot of features to Notepad, which has led to criticism from users who prefer Notepad for its no-frills simplicity. If you’re such a ...
TechSpot

Microsoft brings the MS-DOS text editor back from the dead, sort of

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...
Ars Technica

How to change the default text editor in Ubuntu?

Seems like this should be a straightforward task, and indeed, I can find lots of posts asking the same thing, with the same answers, but the provided solution doesn't work. But if I right click on a ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s Edit on Windows is a new command-line text editor

Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...