Microsoft Edit Text Editor Gets Long-Awaited Syntax Highlighting

Microsoft's open-source command-line text editor, Edit, has received an update to version 2.0.0. One of the major additions in this release is syntax highlighting, which was a glaring omission given the tool's use-case.

The syntax highlighter is custom-built and lightweight, adding only 40KB to the binary while covering over a dozen popular programming languages.

Other improvements include improved regex handling in Find & Replace, new editing shortcuts, and better performance when processing large files. The update also includes initial settings.json support for customization, albeit limited to files.associations for now.