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Posted by ethanpil 6/25/2025

Microsoft Edit(github.com)
486 points | 322 commentspage 4
oliverkwebb 6/25/2025|
It's nice to see an editor that explicitly isn't an IDE and is more something like notepad. often when editing config files and the such, it's more convenient to use something like notepad than it is to use something like VSCode.

This editor doesn't have delusions of grandeur, it focuses on usability more than features. and it is better for it.

ashoeafoot 6/25/2025||
If you are a idea guy and want your idea real , all you have to make is a fency fake trailer anouncing it, then watch the company create it, the suits are this empty anyone external can powersteer those ghostships.
Fokamul 6/25/2025||
Nano is completely ok for this. Nope, let's burn some cash and reinvent the wheel.

Instead of donating to Nano devs, or hire some of them or something.

Stupid corp at their finest.

masfuerte 6/25/2025||
Nano is a bare-bones editor with its own wacky key-bindings. What is the point? If I want to learn new key-bindings I'll learn a full-featured editor.

msedit's key-bindings are based on IBM CUA. It's immediately familiar to a great many people.

mixmastamyk 6/25/2025||
Nano can be configured with CUA keybindings, I do it.

But I’m glad someone wrote one of these in rust.

pmarreck 6/26/2025||
What it reminds me most of actually is Micro.

Which is pretty neat.

https://micro-editor.github.io/

pmarreck 6/25/2025||
I love TUI's lately.

I just wish this was on nixpkgs

pmarreck 6/26/2025|
EDIT: I made a PR to add a working flake.nix/flake.lock file

https://github.com/microsoft/edit/pull/534

DrNosferatu 6/25/2025||
Any Flatpak or Snap editions?
cyberwaj 6/25/2025||
story in the news already https://digitrendz.blog/newswire/technology/19460/microsoft-...
umeshunni 6/25/2025||
Can this be ported to MacOS?
watusername 6/25/2025||
It already works? There just isn't an official build yet - just `cargo run` yourself.
pmarreck 6/26/2025|||
I use nix-darwin on macos and just made a PR for nix flake support, which works on my macos:

https://github.com/microsoft/edit/pull/534

Note that another editor called Micro is very similar:

https://micro-editor.github.io/

stuaxo 6/25/2025|||
Its pretty easy to build there, I've tried this on MacOS and Linux.

The one thing that vexed me for something based on edit, was CTRL+P being hijacked for something that isn't print, is like we forgot about about CUA over the last 15 years.

dgellow 6/25/2025||
Not an emacs user I assume?
ioma8 6/25/2025|||
It works on MacOs since it was published some two weeks ago. I have been using it since then.
jll29 6/25/2025||
219232 bytes binary if compiled for Apple silicon (ARM).
LAC-Tech 6/25/2025||
Needs LSP and Tree-Sitter :)
oliverkwebb 6/25/2025||
If the editor focused on becoming an IDE instead of being idiot-proof and cleanly designed, what would distinguish it from the 1,000 other editor projects?
z3ratul163071 6/25/2025||
and scripting :)
tonyedgecombe 6/25/2025|||
I'd quite like to see VSCode for the terminal.
trinix912 6/25/2025|||
Oh yes, it needs VBScript support ;)
1vuio0pswjnm7 6/25/2025||
No musl binary. For glibc Linux distributions only perhaps.
rahen 6/25/2025||
Just build it yourself. Or you can install glibc on both Void and Alpine, if you want the pre-built binary.
1vuio0pswjnm7 6/25/2025||
What about BSD
amelius 6/25/2025|
Was hoping for MS-DOS editor with built-in LLM.
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