Microsoft may want to add a standard Command Line Interface (CLI) editor to Windows. To this end, the tech giant has opened a thread within GitHub.
By opening the thread on GitHub, Microsoft wants to gauge whether there is sufficient interest in a standard CLI editor in its operating system. In addition, Microsoft also wants to gather user feedback about it.
Three concrete questions
The published proposal asks users three questions to which they can respond. The first question is whether users want a CLI editor in Windows and how it could improve their experience. The second question is whether they currently already use a CLI text editor, which one and why. The last question Microsoft asks interested parties via GitHub is whether there are alternative solutions and what CLI text editor functionality they would prefer to see.
Functionality and 32-bit Windows only
A default CLI editor would allow Windows 11 users to open this editor directly from the Windows terminal, which provides access to the OS’s underlying code, to write command-line instructions. Think about developers, administrators, and very sophisticated other (private) end users.
The default CLI editor in Windows should be available only for the 32-bit operating system versions. The 64-bit version of Windows 11, used more often by consumers, will not have the CLI editor installed by default.
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