<s>
Edlin	B-Application
is	O
a	O
line	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
provided	O
with	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
superseded	O
in	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
5.0	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
the	O
full-screen	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
Notepad	B-Application
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
current	O
Microsoft	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edlin	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Tim	O
Paterson	O
in	O
two	O
weeks	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
for	O
Seattle	O
Computer	O
Products	O
's	O
86-DOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
QDOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
line	B-Application
editor	I-Application
ED	B-Application
—	O
a	O
distant	O
relative	O
of	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
ed	B-Application
text	I-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
86-DOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
sold	O
it	O
as	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
so	O
Edlin	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
v1.0	O
–	O
v5.0	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
6	O
onwards	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
editor	O
included	O
was	O
the	O
new	O
full-screen	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
98	B-Device
and	O
ME	B-Device
ran	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
an	O
embedded	O
version	O
of	O
DOS	O
,	O
which	O
reports	O
itself	O
as	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
6	O
,	O
this	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
Edlin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Edlin	B-Application
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
—	O
up	O
to	O
and	O
including	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
—	O
because	O
the	O
NTVDM	O
's	O
DOS	O
support	O
in	O
those	O
operating	O
systems	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
5.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
most	O
other	O
external	B-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
commands	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
transformed	O
into	O
a	O
native	O
Win32	B-Library
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
long	O
filenames	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
added	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
MS-Windows	B-Application
until	O
long	O
after	O
Edlin	B-Application
was	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Gregory	O
Pietsch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
at	O
the	O
edlin	B-Application
prompt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
:	O
Edlin	B-Application
:	O
The	O
only	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
in	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5	O
:	O
"	O
This	O
page	O
created	O
in	O
edlin.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
finished	O
entering	O
lines	O
,	O
Ctrl-C	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
edlin	B-Application
command	O
prompt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
:	O
Edlin	B-Application
:	O
The	O
only	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
in	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5	O
:	O
"	O
This	O
page	O
created	O
in	O
edlin.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
E	O
-	O
saves	O
the	O
file	O
and	O
quits	O
edlin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Q	O
-	O
quits	O
edlin	B-Application
without	O
saving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edlin	B-Application
may	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
non-interactive	O
file	O
editor	O
in	O
scripts	O
by	O
redirecting	B-Device
a	O
series	O
of	O
edlin	B-Application
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GPL-licensed	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
Edlin	B-Application
that	O
includes	O
long	O
filename	O
support	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
runs	O
on	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Unix	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
