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Using Microsoft's New CLI Text Editor on Ubuntu

Edit is a new open source command line text editor from Microsoft that supports Windows, macOS and Linux. Learn what it can do, and how to try it on Ubuntu.

If you spend a lot time in a terminal on Linux you’ll have preferred command-line text editor, but Microsoft’s recently announced open-source offering, simply called Edit, might be worth checking out — if only so you know you’re not missing out. The simplicity of the text-driven UI (TUI) makes it less complex to learn, while the speed of Edit, even when seeking across lines in giant 1GB+ files, is impressive — both USPs are by design. You can use a mouse or a keyboard to access menus, select lines or regions of text, position the caret, etc which makes using it feel more intuitive in use than the either/or approach of (admittedly more capable) alternatives.

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