Edlin is a line editor, and the only text editor provided with early versions of IBM PC DOS,[1] MS-DOS and OS/2.[2] Although superseded in MS-DOS 5.0 and later by the full-screen MS-DOS Editor, and by Notepad in Microsoft Windows, it continues to be included in the 32-bit versions of current Microsoft operating systems.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edlin

edit: link and explanation of syntax used if anyone is interested. the w (write) and q (quit) commands made it somewhat similar to VI(M). https://www.computerhope.com/edlin.htm

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Finally someone mentions edlin! Real programmers don’t need to see more than a single line at a time.

[–] y0din@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

that is absolutely true and also 640Kb RAM should be enough for everyone 😂

all the hours and countless reboots spent optimizing config.sys and autoexec.bat to achieve 50kb more of available memory... good memories 🙂

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i just moved my files off to an external drive whenever my hdd got full haha

i didnt really trust my coding skills enough to come close to config.sys...

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