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For Windows I would say it is. Windows doesn't come with vi, nano, or any other terminal text editor, and some kind of text editor is needed for pretty much any
by valenaut 5y ago
For Windows I would say it is. Windows doesn't come with vi, nano, or any other terminal text editor, and some kind of text editor is needed for pretty much anything you would do with a computer.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoI have never seen non techie users open notepad or edit config files. In fact I've heard people say that Notepad sucks and that MS Word is better, meaning they are so non techie they can't imagine a use case for notepad.
- babypuncher 5y agoTrue, but Windows 11 did not ship without a text editor in October. It shipped with the old version of Notepad.
- elkos 5y agoI doubt this is the paradigm that Microsoft would like to promote. Interestingly, my limited interactions will Windows 10 I haven't had the chance or need to use a text editor.
- hvgk 5y agoErr but powershell ISE ships with it.