Well, it’s made by Microsoft so I would stay away from it, even if it’s FOSS, it’s still entitled to enshitification, so…
sees that it’s made with Rust
I’ll probably use it on a daily basis!
You may try this:
firejail --net=none microsoftedit somecode.idk
I don’t like M$, but this is my new number one recommendation for new programmers. It gets them to stay within the command line, while having the normal shortcuts they’re used to from using a computer already.
I love Vim, but it’s a chore to learn when you’re also learning programming on top. Emacs is even worse, it tricks you by being a non-modal GUI, but your keyboard shortcuts all do something new and slightly insane now.
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install snap to run MS edit … more likely I’d install ms-dos 3.22 and run the original edit in there.
I’m trying to imagine the user that both needs a text editor in the command line, yet is uncomfortable outside a gui.
I write scripts all day, but closing a program without clicking the little ‘x’ is scary and weird.
Works on MacOS too!!
