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When I needed to make a quick change to a batch file or text file, I often used EDIT, in XP/2003. But from Vista onwards, EDIT has disappeared. It was pretty clunky anyway.
So I am looking for a console text editor now. Have you got any suggestions?
I have been looking at Vim, but the problem with Vim is that it is not just a simple .exe file that I can keep in my commands folder, which I syncronise between my OS installations.
Vim also seems to be hard to learn. While I would like to get into using it, it seems like a big commitment.
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I don't personally use a console editor on Windows, I do almost all of my CMD scripting in TextPad. From my experience using vi-like editors on UNIX/Linux, I confess they are buggers to learn, but once it clicks it's worth the effort. You'll probably have to keep a command reference card in front of you for a while though.
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vim is fairly easy to pickup the basic commands, like moving about, deleting and inserting and searching. You should be able to get up to 'edit' / 'notepad' standards in about 15 mins.
It does take time to learn the more advanced commands. But it's well worth it, the power available when you join up a few simple commands is immense.
vim.org has tons of good info.
and learning vim, means just about any system you use will have some version of vim installed.
I avoid gvim, and just use console versions.
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Old topic, I know.
I often used EDIT, in XP/2003. But from Vista onwards, EDIT has disappeared.
I just want the reader to know that EDIT is still present in Windows 32 bit, at least Windows 7. It is a 16 bit application and, because of this, it is not present in 64 bit versions of Windows.
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Yes. I have EDIT in my "modern" (more or less) Windows 8.1 32-bit lap-top...
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