Zed, the Rust-Made Coding Editor, Hits 1.0

Zed is a completely new software coding text editor written entirely in the memory-safe Rust programming language.
TweakTown

Think Notepad is Bloatpad now? Microsoft's new lightweight text editor is coming to Windows 11

TL;DR: Microsoft is ushering in a lightweight text editor for Windows 11 called Edit, which it says pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor experience, but with a suitably modern interface. It's ...
Neowin

Windows 11 is getting a new command-line text editor, advanced settings, and more

Microsoft announced a set of new Windows 11 features for developers and enthusiasts, including a new command-line text editor, a reworked "Advanced Settings" section, and more. At Build 2025, ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

However, with the release of Windows 11, Microsoft decided to discontinue WordPad and remove it from Windows. Instead, Microsoft rewrote Notepad to modernize it so it could act as both a simple text ...