If you work in the terminal long enough, you eventually hit a wall with traditional text editors. Nano feels safe but limited, while Vi and Vim feel powerful but demand a steep learning curve. Over ...

If you’re looking to edit an image, you might open it in Photoshop, GIMP, or even Paint Shop Pro if you’re stuck in 2005. But who needs it — [Patrick Gillespie] explores what can be done when editing ...

Abstract: With the emergence of the Node.js ecosystem, JavaScript has become a widely used programming language for implementing server-side web applications. In this article, we present the first ...

Fresh is a new take on the simple text editor. Fresh is what nano would be with mouse support. Fresh is free to use on Linux and MacOS. I've been a regular user of the nano text editor since its ...

It took a while, but Microsoft has finally delivered a long-awaited tool for developers, sysadmins, and terminal enthusiasts. Starting with the latest versions of Windows 11 (24H2 and 25H2), a new ...

That may also mean they’ll get more consistent support, and it could mean Microsoft puts more attention on improvements. Chrome users who have enjoyed Microsoft’s free text editor may be frustrated by ...

Google Messages now lets you delete a sent text message. A deleted message disappears for the other person immediately. The feature is available now for almost all Android users. Get more in-depth ...

When MS-DOS 5.0 was released in 1991, one of the big innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. Now, Microsoft has developed a new version of ...

Microsoft has released version 1.2.0 of ‘Edit,’ its new open-source command-line text editor, pushing a significant update just one month after the tool’s initial reveal at the Build 2025 conference.

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 ...

Microsoft announced a new command line text editor as part of a set of developer updates for Windows 11 at Build today. It’s called Edit, and it’s available now for Windows (and Linux!) if you want to ...