Microsoft Edit CLI editor, preinstalled alongside nano?

[Greatnessguru]

Goodbye Vim? Say Hello to Microsoft's New Text Editor Written in Rust!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75cMN80IUBM

It's Open Source. The video covers building Edit on Raspberry Pi.

Can Edit come preinstalled on RPi OS alongside nano, please?

[scruss]

MS don't want you renaming the binary, and Debian/Raspberry Pi OS already has a /usr/bin/edit

This editor is nothing like the MS-DOS 'edit'. If you want one that is, use tilde:

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sudo apt install tilde

tilde text editor running in a terminal

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[Greatnessguru]

MS don't want you renaming the binary, and Debian/Raspberry Pi OS already has a /usr/bin/edit

MS is happy if we use "msedit" instead of "edit". Would "msedit" work?

[craigevil]

I put it in ~/.local/bin/

Then created a bash alias:

# Microsoft Edit
alias edit="/home/craig/.local/bin/edit"

Download link: https://github.com/microsoft/edit/releases

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[hippy]

Pi 4B 1GB, Bookworm 32-bit.

It built, it worked, and in some respects is better than 'nano' I use on Pi and Windows, but I can't see it replacing 'nano' for me, and I would expect 'vim' users being even less enthused by it.

I can understand why Microsoft needs an in-house CLI editor they can deliver with Windows 11, having the same work on other platforms is great, choosing MIT Licensing is to be applauded, but I can't see it as being so useful I would want to see it pre-installed on a Pi.

Made available as an 'apt' package for Pi I would have no problem with.

[Greatnessguru]

I put it in ~/.local/bin/

Then created a bash alias:

# Microsoft Edit
alias edit="/home/craig/.local/bin/edit"

Download link: https://github.com/microsoft/edit/releases

It works! I put the edit file in my home directory, then I use: ~/edit
Thank you so much.

[thagrol]

MS don't want you renaming the binary, and Debian/Raspberry Pi OS already has a /usr/bin/edit

MS is happy if we use "msedit" instead of "edit".

Do you have a link to support that claim?

Would "msedit" work?

Technically speaking you can rename it to anything you like. Or use an alias or symlink. What matters is whether the code checks the filename or not. And, I guess, whether you're going to distribute the renamed file.

[Greatnessguru]

MS don't want you renaming the binary, and Debian/Raspberry Pi OS already has a /usr/bin/edit

MS is happy if we use "msedit" instead of "edit".

Do you have a link to support that claim?

https://github.com/microsoft/edit

Notes to Package Maintainers
Package Naming

The canonical executable name is "edit" and the alternative name is "msedit". We're aware of the potential conflict of "edit" with existing commands and recommend alternatively naming packages and executables "msedit". Names such as "ms-edit" should be avoided. Assigning an "edit" alias is recommended, if possible.

[Greatnessguru]

Official Linux executable name #341
https://github.com/microsoft/edit/discussions/341

What should be Edit's name on Linux?
msedit - 63%

[scruss]

What should be Edit's name on Linux?

bah, they didn't offer a qbasic option, the cowards ...

[ame]

What should be Edit's name on Linux?

yafe

[KeithMck]

Not needed! We have perfectly good editors already.

[ame]

Not needed! We have perfectly good editors already.

You mean emacs, right?

[bensimmo]

Not needed! We have perfectly good editors already.

You mean emacs, right?

I think they mean PTE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworl ... mpQScdazxQ

(At least some here...)