Subj : Using AI for coding
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Feb 22 2026 13:51:17

  Re: Using AI for coding
  By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Sun Feb 22 2026 10:24 am

 >> Cursor is an AI code editor based on Microsoft Visual Studio Code with its
 DW> own
 >> AI chatbot built into it.

 DW> Nice.  I reckon you need to be using MS VS for something like that to
 DW> work, though?  I am on linux and the code I am very curious about working
 DW> with AI on is c1994 DOS code. Not sure that'd work for me in this case,
 DW> but good to know for future ones.

As I said, it's basically their own version of Visual Studio Code.  Cursor is availbale for both Windows and Linux.  Although it's a modern tool, I'd wonder if you could load some DOS code into it, and tell it it's for DOS, and it might be able to do something.

Similar tools are available for Visual Studio Code itself.  I've noticed that Visual Studio Code now has Copilot integrated in, and there's also a Google Gemini plugin for Visual Studio Code as well.  And now I'm curious if you can add Copilot & Google Gemini to Cursor, or perhaps if there's a Cursor chatbot plugin for Visual Studio Code..  Then you'd have all 3 AI assistants available in one coding tool.

Nightfox

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