Thread 105663956

Microsoft Edit is a new lightweight editor from MS and it even runs on linux. Say something nice about it
https://github.com/microsoft/edit

something nice

TUI editors are and will always continue to be retarded and everyone involved in this project should consider exiting this industry for good

>>105663956 (OP)
>new
Anon, are you stupid? I had edit in MS-DOS 5.0

>>105664035
rust didn't exist back then

>>105663956 (OP)
> here's some shit we got rid of ages ago because competition destroyed us
lame as fuck

>>105664035
some mentally retarded moron at microsoft must thought it was a great idea to bring it back despite being replaced by dozens of other better text editors.

>>105664037
> b..but it's written in rust!
embarrassing. shut the fuck up.

>>105663956 (OP)
no nags to donate to corrupt uganda politicians at least

>>105663956 (OP)
vi/m is and always will be the king. sorry.

>>105663969
>Say something nice about it
>something nice
>Not something nice about it
How did you manage to fuck that one up, smartass?

>Add AI copilot and signins to fucking notepad
>Make a new, minimal editor on fucking github

What even is microsoft doing

>>105663956 (OP)
terminal editing in 2025 is just cringe, only pretentious no coders do it.

>>105664339
le ssh has arrived

>>105663956 (OP)
Windows is slowly evolving back into DOS. Nature is healing.

>>105664035
This, wtf op??

>>105663956 (OP)
>tui editor
why? Just take a 20 year old version of notepad, probably more 'lightweight' than this garbage.

>>105664605
>probably more 'lightweight' than this garbage
it unironically is

>>105664795
now show the dependencies

>>105663956 (OP)
cuck license

>>105664339
especially on windows where you get the worst terminal ever made

>>105663956 (OP)
>another project not in C#
botnet bros..

>>105664795
dumb retard
PS C:\Users\fag\Desktop> git clone https://github.com/microsoft/edit.git
Cloning into 'edit'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2797, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1186/1186), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (389/389), done.
remote: Total 2797 (delta 1107), reused 797 (delta 797), pack-reused 1611 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (2797/2797), 1.45 MiB | 8.73 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1881/1881), done.
PS C:\Users\fag\Desktop> cd .\edit\
PS C:\Users\fag\Desktop\edit> cargo build --release
Downloaded winresource v0.1.22
Downloaded 1 crate (75.7KiB) in 0.37s
Compiling serde v1.0.219
Compiling equivalent v1.0.2
Compiling hashbrown v0.15.3
Compiling toml_write v0.1.1
Compiling winnow v0.7.10
Compiling windows_x86_64_msvc v0.52.6
Compiling version_check v0.9.5
Compiling indexmap v2.9.0
Compiling windows-targets v0.52.6
Compiling windows-sys v0.59.0
Compiling toml_datetime v0.6.9
Compiling serde_spanned v0.6.8
Compiling toml_edit v0.22.26
Compiling toml v0.8.22
Compiling winresource v0.1.22
Compiling edit v1.2.1 (C:\Users\fag\Desktop\edit)
Finished `release` profile [optimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 9.58s
PS C:\Users\fag\Desktop\edit> du -h .\target\release\edit.exe
272K .\target\release\edit.exe

>>105664957
Now show final binary size

>>105664995
dumb retard, see >>105664957

But I already have GNU nano if I want to edit from the terminal for some baka hentai reason. In fact I even had it installed on Wangblows when I was still using it, despite never having a reason to edit from the terminal. It was bundled with gcc.

Is this a half-hearted attempt to "improve the dev experience on Windows" after too many people were screeching at the recent Notepad?

>>105663975
hacker news xisters told me this is completely normal.

More and more evidence to my suspicion that pajeets really are trying to turn Windows into Linux.
Enshittification = Unixification

>>105663956 (OP)
No syntax highlighting? Maybe they should rename it to Turbo Edit

Seems to just plain sucks even compared to the actual MS-DOS Editor, which by MS-DOS 7.0/Win95 at least could open multiple files at once.

hard drive and usb drive manufacturers in shambles

neovim is already on wangblows

can install with winget, but group policy in workplace prevents its use :eyeroll:

tried it at home, it’s super lightweight but does absolutely fuck all - in the trash it goes. might reinstall if they add syntax highlighting one day.

>>105663956 (OP)
>made in troon-lang
dropped

nanofags btfo

>>105664957
Notepad takes 1.6MiB memory with no file open on my computer while edit-rs takes 1.3MiB.

If you add in the memory taken by cmd, the most lightweight (unironically) of all windows terminals, which draws the window for edit, then it's almost 3MiB.

It literally is more bloated than just using notepad.

I use nano btw. It's bigger than both but it's simply that good.

>>105663956 (OP)
what's the usecase?

Have to say, I didn't believe you guys when you said rust is full of these kind of people, but damn.
I looked at the github repo and every person who works at the project has pronouns in the description.

Maybe i should not learn this language after all.

>>105665559
You should learn the straight white man's language: C#

>>105663956 (OP)
>bloats out notepad
>deprecates wordpad
>releases essentially old notepad as a new application

>>105665264
edit can open multiple files at once

>>105665564
Why you lie? I just entered github and looked at the last person who made a commit, not only has pronouns but also black lives matter. This is even worse than rust

>>105664957
> all that shit
> to edit a text file in a window
> search functionality offloaded to an optional library
no thanks.

>>105665596
> a compulsive liar accusing others of lying
communism truly is a disease of the mind

>>105663956 (OP)
works on my machine

>>105665461
But that is exactly how hard drive manufacturers always measure their shit

>>105665820
But what if I'm hardworking?

>>105664348
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh

>>105665939
*spawns 3000 workers on your remote machine*

>>105663956 (OP)
>typing a long sequence of shortcuts to put the cursor where you want instead of just clicking there
When will this meme die off?

>>105665939
I am not using some fucking web browser/telemetry gathering malware masquerading as a text editor to edit anything that contains anything of any value.

>>105665564
Indeed!

>>105666183
...

Is it faster than vim?

>>105663956 (OP)
no vim motions so its shit

>>105666183
...would

>>105666373
Nigga you gay

>>105666183
Do you think these people are embarrassed by their own existence

>>105666426
no? if they were embarrassed they'd just act normal

>>105666183
future mass grave occupant

>>105666479
Fuck a damned grave, fire up the ovens.

>>105666426
that's the whole point isn't it? humiliation, submission, emasculation

>>105664348
And how often do you need to do that exactly? You don't have to use your terminal editor on local files.

>>105663956 (OP)
>written in rust
uhhhh, cnile bros...?

>>105664957
oh shit
>>105665546
GNU nano wins again.

>>105666745
>he believes ovens were a real thing

>>105667236
>only half the features
>still larger

>>105667812
>half the features
I think you are exaggerating, but I am curious what you think it can do that GNU nano can't.

>>105667812
>half the features
Kek. This mf has never used nano.

>>105663956 (OP)
nobodys gonna use that

for literally what purpose would I not use a combination of Notepad++ and Powershell ISE

>>105665461
making constants out of arithmetic operations makes the code self-documenting

>>105668428
back in the old days people did use that as it was all they had when they first got their computer. today we have many better programs but for some reason rust trannies are loving it because not only is it useless busywork converting yet another program to rust for no apparent reason, micrsoft are actually doing something - anything - with rust after sitting on its board for fucking years.

>>105663956 (OP)
just tried this. it is worse than nano d e s u

>>105669108
DOSKEY C2F=powershell.exe $1*9/5+32
DOSKEY F2C=powershell.exe ($1-32)*5/9
DOSKEY P2K=powershell.exe $1/2.205
DOSKEY K2P=powershell.exe $1*2.205
DOSKEY PRCNt=powershell.exe $1/($2/100)
vs
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
BEGIN {
printf("°F temp "); getline c;
printf("°C temp %.2f\n", (c - 32) * 5/9);
printf("close enough ;3\n")
}

>>105665559
disturbing if true.

>>105663956 (OP)
I just threw up thanks.

>>105663956 (OP)
>mit
why would anyone use this when emacs exists?

>>105671830
Ewww, rust.

>>105663956 (OP)
something nice about it

>>105663956 (OP)
>microsoft sharts out a cv padding project from bloat department 1005
thanks, but no thanks

>>105664144
Definitely a vibe coding "I did it in an hour" mtfjeet booftrooper