MS-DOS Editor

MS-DOS Editor

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	June 1991; 33 years ago (1991-06)
Stable release	2.0.026 / 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Operating system	MS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows
Platform	Intel x86, 16-bit
Predecessor	Edlin
Successor	Windows Notepad
Type	Text editor
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/edit

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MS-DOS Editor, commonly just called edit or edit.com, is a TUI text editor that comes with MS-DOS 5.0 and later,^[1] as well as all 32-bit x86 versions of Windows, until Windows 11. It supersedes edlin, the standard editor in earlier versions of MS-DOS. In MS-DOS, it was a stub for QBasic running in editor mode. Starting with Windows 95, MS-DOS Editor became a standalone program because QBasic didn't ship with Windows.

The Editor may be used as a substitute for Windows Notepad on Windows 9x, although both are limited to small files only. MS-DOS versions are limited to approximately 300 kB, depending on how much conventional memory is free.^[2] The Editor can edit files that are up to 65,279 lines and up to approximately 5 MB in size.^{[citation needed]}