I have to look at HTML and C++ source files occasionally on my laptop and don't want to install Visual Studio. Word and Notepad don't do syntax highlighting. So what's the best free-as-in-beer text ...

When MS-DOS 5.0 was launched in 1991, one of its major innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. These days, it’s old news—yet fondly remembered.

At the Microsoft Build conference this year, the company announced it will include a command-line text editor with Windows! This was followed up in a Windows blog post. We are introducing a ...

I use Windows Notepad the way most people do: paste something in, strip out weird formatting, glance at a config file, and close it. That's the deal. It's not glamorous, but for years it's been ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you're one of those people who's lamenting the loss of a super-streamlined text editor in Windows 11 - now Microsoft has binned WordPad, and turned ...

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Dave Plummer rebuilt Notepad in 2.5KB using only what Windows already ships, exposing how bloated Windows 11's own Notepad ...

The primary reason I learned and adapted to vi was because it was ubiquitous... not because I thought it was the best. Might have been true 5-10 years ago, but I'd argue against learning vi(m) today ...