Microsoft launches Edit, its new open-source command line text editor

The Microsoft new text editor, called Edit, is a lightweight open-source command-line tool designed for developers to streamline editing tasks. Unlike its user-friendly cousins like Notepad or TextEdit, Edit aims for simplicity and efficiency, with features like direct file editing, multiple windows, word wrapping, and support for regular expressions and case-sensitive matching. Available via the Windows Insider Program and GitHub, it’s likely to be an early adopter’s choice but not a mainstream release anytime soon.