With Tom Fenton

MS Finally has a Command-line Text Editor


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This podcast is about Edit on Windows, an upcoming official command-line text editor from Microsoft that fulfills a long-desired feature for developers and system administrators. This new tool allows users to edit files directly in the command line, streamlining workflows and reducing context switching, which is crucial for efficiency. While the initial release is basic compared to third-party options like Vim, I do like its open-source nature and I anticipate future functional growth, making it a valuable integrated option for systems where downloading external tools is inconvenient. The podcastdetails the current process for installing the preview version from GitHub and highlights the new editor's powerful search capabilities using regular expressions (Regex).


This podcast is based on an article that I wrote for Virtualization and Cloud Review, which you can read at ⁠https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2025/05/13/zabbix-an-open-source-monitoring-solution.aspx

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