Support for native CLI editor #20857

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opened 2026-01-31 07:26:02 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @plante-msft on GitHub (Nov 20, 2023).

Description of idea

It would be helpful during everyday tasks to be able to view and edit files in Windows via CLI. Default support for nano for example.

Expected behavior

Using 'nano file.txt' opens up the file in the CLI for editing.
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Originally created by @plante-msft on GitHub (Nov 20, 2023). # Description of idea It would be helpful during everyday tasks to be able to view and edit files in Windows via CLI. Default support for `nano` for example. # Expected behavior Using 'nano file.txt' opens up the file in the CLI for editing. ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/150482134/de1dd5a4-6de8-4e49-80a1-f944726fe10e) # Actual behavior Error displayed. ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/150482134/fe4a3217-abd1-448c-9832-90b0c58b7ab9)
claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 07:26:03 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#20857