Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use."

There are binaries available for Intel & ARM Windows (64 bit) as well as Intel/Arm Linux (64 bit). You can also compile from source (written in rust).

It comes included with Windows 11 25H2 and can be downloaded from the official github link for other versions of Windows:

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

Check out the ThioJoe video for a quick tutorial:
https://youtu.be/qYd99vGSgQ4


I especially like the familiar menu at the top with File Edit View Help along with the familiar key mapping (ALT-F for the file menu, CTRL-F for find, etc). The native mouse support is also a nice touch.

If you're running it on Linux also run:
sudo apt-get install libicu-dev

For find & replace to function.


Jay

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Re: New MS Edit
By: Warpslide to All on Fri Oct 31 2025 03:00 pm

Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use."

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

That looks pretty cool. I didn't actually use Microsoft Edit a whole lot back in the day (I tended to use the SemWare Q editor for DOS), but I occasionally used Edit, and I liked it.

Nightfox

There are binaries available for Intel & ARM Windows (64 bit) as well as Intel/Arm Linux (64 bit). You can also compile from source (written in rus

It comes included with Windows 11 25H2 and can be downloaded from the offic github link for other versions of Windows:

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

Check out the ThioJoe video for a quick tutorial:

AWESOME, now only if it was a 32 bit app I could use it on the BBS computer instead of EDIT.COM from Win95/DOS 6.22 ....

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Re: Re: New MS Edit
By: Exodus to Warpslide on Fri Oct 31 2025 03:47 pm

There are binaries available for Intel & ARM Windows (64 bit) as well as
Intel/Arm Linux (64 bit). You can also compile from source (written in
rus

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

AWESOME, now only if it was a 32 bit app I could use it on the BBS computer instead of EDIT.COM from Win95/DOS 6.22 ....

The source code is available. Maybe a 32-bit binary could be built. It looks like the source code is Rust.

Nightfox

Re: New MS Edit
By: Warpslide to All on Fri Oct 31 2025 15:00:20

Hi, Warpslide.

Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit

Heh, I only recently got reminded of EDIT when I started messing around with DOSBox-x and FreeDOS. I couldn't work out if it was the same EDIT I'd used waaaay back or a new version. I guess this adds another parameter to the equation!

Still none the wiser...

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Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide
an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals
can easily use."

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

I especially like the familiar menu at the top with File Edit View Help along with the familiar key mapping (ALT-F for the file menu, CTRL-F for find, etc). The native mouse support is also a nice touch.

I just installed this yesterday on my macOS machine - its the editor I used in my MS-DOS days and the newly released version is almost exact. :P Love it.



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Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a mod interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provi an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminal can easily use."

I just installed this yesterday on my macOS machine - its the editor I used in my MS-DOS days and the newly released version is almost exact.
:P Love it.

The days of edit /70 if I remember correctly. :)

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Warpslide wrote to All <=-

Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a
modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use."

It's nice having a functional editor that works in a console instead of
calling a GUI editor like Notepad. Of course, I could load up Vim or
EMACS, but that's a conversation for another time...


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Exodus wrote to Warpslide <=-

AWESOME, now only if it was a 32 bit app I could use it on the BBS computer instead of EDIT.COM from Win95/DOS 6.22 ....

Treat yourself right and find a copy of TSE or Qedit from back in the
day. :)

There's another editor called VDE that's pretty nice, defaults to the
Wordstar key bindings and feels like a featureful Wordstar clone.



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|11n|09> |10The days of edit /70 if I remember correctly. :) |07
Im excited about this. I can run it with multimail :)


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|11W|09> |10Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:|07
|11W|09> |07
|11W|09> |10"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern|07
|11W|09> |10interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide|07
|11W|09> |10an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals|07
|11W|09> |10can easily use."|07
It would be nice to see a Mac OS port :)


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BY: Warpslide (21:3/110)

Back in May Microsoft released a new version of Edit:

"This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a

modern

interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to

provide

an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with

terminals

If you are any part of WWIV's github, please open a ticket for them to fix the quoting. It is horrible ad cuts a word to a new line on EACH line.

I assume the color codes are your BBS preference? That also makes it blend into normal text which makes it harder to read than a normal mesagage.

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|11E|09> |10If you are any part of WWIV's github, please open a ticket for them to|07
|11E|09> |10fix the|07
|11E|09> |10quoting. It is horrible ad cuts a word to a new line on EACH line.|07
|11E|09> |07
I do have an account, I can submit a ticket.


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BY: Exodus (21:1/144)
I do have an account, I can submit a ticket.

BY: Exodus (21:1/144)
|11E|09> |10If you are any part of WWIV's github, please open a ticket for
them to|07
|11E|09> |10fix the|07
|11E|09> |10quoting. It is horrible ad cuts a word to a new line on EACH line.|07
|11E|09> |07


See how it pops like 1-2 words on a second line, and it doesn't keep your color code, so it really makes it hard to read. Hope they can fix it.

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|11E|09> |10See how it pops like 1-2 words on a second line, and it doesn't keep|07
|11E|09> |10your |07
|11E|09> |10color code, so it really makes it hard to read. Hope they can fix it.|07

They have not made a new build since 10 months ago, but fixing this issue would be a good way to end the year for them.


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Re: Re: New MS Edit
By: Exodus to Utopian Galt on Sat Nov 01 2025 20:23:52

If you are any part of WWIV's github, please open a ticket for them to fix t quoting. It is horrible ad cuts a word to a new line on EACH line.

I assume the color codes are your BBS preference? That also makes it blend into normal text which makes it harder to read than a normal mesagage.

I had never really noticed either of these before as, for whatever reason, in SLMR the messages seem to read ok. In the default Synchronet online reader, I do notice them both, and the messages are more difficult to read.
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