Microsoft is preparing to bring a new command-line text editor called Edit to Windows 11, which is made for users who want a simple and lightweight tool for editing text files. Edit is now available ...

Most of us use Windows without ever giving a thought to the small, simple tools that come with it. With the latest updates, Microsoft has converted one of these, Notepad, into quite a handy writing ...

Dinky is GUI-like with tabs and themes; Ne is keyboard-forward. Replace Nano with a modern alternative.

This post covers the best open-source text editor software for your Windows 11/10 PC. There are several good open-source text editors available for the Windows operating system. Choosing the one that ...

In the vast realm of Linux, where flexibility and customization reign supreme, the choice of a text editor can significantly impact productivity and workflow efficiency. Among the plethora of options ...

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another Windows ...

A Windows user at Computerworld tries Linux text editors, old and new. Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like me haven’t switched yet: We don’t want to give up ...

For anyone getting into the world of programming, the Raspberry Pi provides a great environment, and it's dirt cheap. Unlike a regular PC, the Pi has been designed from the outset around programming.

I recommend SciTE, which is a lightweight text editor that does syntax highlighting for everything (or nearly so). It's nice for editing one file at a time, far superior to notepad (and loads just as ...