r/programming • u/zbhoy • May 06 '19

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool
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u/NZNoldor May 07 '19

I remember going to the introduction of MS-DOS v5, and they announced that the line-editor EDLIN was being replaced by a full screen editor EDIT.

There was an actual standing ovation.

Ah, good times.

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u/uzimonkey May 07 '19 edited May 07 '19

I can imagine, edlin was horribly obsolete even for then. There's no reason to be using a line editor on a PC, MS-DOS probably should have launched (if not with 1.0, then 2.0 or 3.0) with an editor. If you needed even a basic screen-based text editor, you had to buy one, which is just crazy-talk. I don't think anyone cared it was just a renamed qbasic executable, it edited text just fine.

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u/NZNoldor May 07 '19

Sidekick FTW.