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Microsoft considers adding a command line text editor to Windows

<p>For those who are unfamiliar with the Windows 11 terminal&comma; a recent Microsoft development might have passed them by&period; However&comma; for those familiar with it&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s an intriguing development underway that could significantly enhance the Windows user experience&period; Currently Windows ships without a default command-line text editor&comma; but this may change shortly&comma; considering that Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s Connor Plante has initiated a conversation on GitHub&comma; presenting this new idea and asking for user feedback on potential implementation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-3100" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;windows-terminal&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"417" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If users agree&comma; Windows should come equipped with a Command Line Interface &lpar;CLI&rpar; editor as part of the default installation&period; And while 32-bit Windows versions already include the &&num;8220&semi;edit&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the 64-bit versions lack a built-in CLI editor&period; For many users including system admins&comma; developers&comma; and power users CLI editor is crucial and a fundamental Windows tool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>This issue suggests that Windows should once again ship with a CLI editor installed inbox by default&period; 32-bit versions of Windows ship with edit&comma; but 64-bit versions of the OS have no CLI editor installed inbox&period; A CLI editor is a core tool for system admins&comma; developers&comma; and power users – providing an immediate viable option here is an important quality-of-life improvement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Connor Plante&comma; Microsoft<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Although this appears as a minor change&comma; this change could substantially improve the lives of those reliant on CLI text editors&period; An alternative solution under discussion involves enhancing error handling&comma; allowing the shell to recognize commands&comma; and providing a quick installation solution through the Windows Package Manager&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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