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Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
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Add a command line text editor #6844

Closed phuclv90 closed 4 years ago

phuclv90 commented 4 years ago

📝 A text editor that runs on the command line

Linux systems typically have vim installed by default. Some others also have emacs or nano. But the only text editors in Windows (Notepad and Wordpad) are all GUI applications. There are no text editors that run in the console in 64-bit Windows. In many 32-bit Windows there are edlin and edit. This is very useful for remotely accessing Windows from SSH or a similar tool

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crutkas commented 4 years ago

I think we would rather have you install what your favorite editor is. With the upcoming Window Package Manager, you can do this quickly.

winget install vim
winget install emacs