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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Initial release | June 1991 |
| Stable release | 2.0.026
/ 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 |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2008) |
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 10. 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]
- ^ Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
- ^ "Largest Document Size MS-DOS Editor Can Edit". 2003-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2008-06-12.