[scoopr]

Well, at least they brought back edit[0]

[0] https://github.com/microsoft/edit

[tracker1]

If this was actually (pre)installed with Windows, I wouldn't mind the changes to notepad nearly as much.

[Someone1234]

While I'd love it installed by default, I still very much mind that they're ruining Notepad.

Plus this Markdown preview functionality just caused Notepad to have a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in it.

[noinsight]

It is preinstalled. Server 2025 (even Core Edition) and Windows 11 24H2 (or 25H2, not sure)...

[jsrcout]

Edit is unironically one of my favorite text editors these days. It opens incredibly fast compared to everything else I use, it's easy to use, works fine on Linux. It's not going to replace emacs or VS Code, but it's incredibly handy for basic editing chores.

[wooptoo]

Have you tried Micro? https://micro-editor.github.io/

[coffeebeqn]

If you don’t need to render rich text and want a plain text editor then TUIs are the least likely to get a bunch of dumb features

[ptx]

But the rest of QBASIC is missing.