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Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Very first impressions since I literally just downloaded before writing this, and haven't read the manual, I may change my mind with more experience.

It's incredibly snappy, to my eyes as fast as Helix.
A lot of stuff that took me a while to figure out in VS Code was immediately obvious. How to toggle inlay hints for Rust? Parameter Icon > Inlay Hints (with the keyboard shortcut there for easy toggling).
Interactive is generally intuitive because it seems pretty permissive. Tab vs Enter to autocomplete? Either! ctrl-shift-Z vs ctrl-Y to redo? Same thing!
After being so used to Helix I often reach for keybinds that don't exist. I might have to learn Vim keybinds because I'm definitely going to keep trying Zed.
Not sure how I feel about what seems to be an inline discord-like chat/voice-call feature.

Going to check out if there's git integration, because I couldn't easily find it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Going to check out if there's git integration, because I couldn't easily find it.

Asking this because I'm noob, not elitist ass: Why a git integration in ide instead of using the cli? I've been working only on few projects where git is used, but the cli seems to be a ton easier to understand how to work with than the git integration in vscode which I discarded after few attempts to use

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the features.

Git has some counterintuitive commands for some commands you may want to do when you want to quickly do something. Being able to click a button and have the IDE remember the syntax for you is nice.

Some IDEs have extra non-native Git features like have inlined "git blame" outputs as you edit (easily see a commit message per-line, see who changed what, etc.), better diff/merge tooling (JetBrain's merge tool comes to mind), being able to revert parts of the file instead of the whole file, etc.

the git integration in vscode which I discarded after few attempts to use

I'm going to be honest, I don't really like VS Code's Git integration either. I find it clunky and opinionated with shitty opinions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Git has some counterintuitive commands

Yeah... 'git merge main' weirds me out because my brain likes to think the command is merging current branch TO main instead of other way around

Some IDEs have extra non-native Git features like have inlined "git blame" outputs as you edit (easily see a commit message per-line, see who changed what, etc.), better diff/merge tooling (JetBrain's merge tool comes to mind), being able to revert parts of the file instead of the whole file, etc.

Okay this sounds very good, so they actually improve git cli feature wise in addition to implementing GUI for it.

Thanks for the reply!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm probably more of a git noob than you, but I do usually use the cli. I figured if I'm going to give a gui editor an honest shake I should try to do things the inbuilt, gui, way. And more to the point, I do appreciate a good user interface with information at a glance or click instead of having to type out a command each time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm probably more of a git noob than you

Doubt =D

And more to the point, I do appreciate a good user interface with information at a glance or click instead of having to type out a command each time.

Agreed with good user interface, my criticism was specifically for the vscode default git plugin which I was not compatible with at all but it could be just a me-problem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mainly use git with cli, the one thing that's been super helpful in vscode is gitlens, which shows you who last updated the line you're on, and lets you look at the commit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh that sounds very sweet!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Git integration seems to be so embedded that it's easy to miss. Open a git repository folder and you can switch branches and whatnot. But, like, in the command palette, there's no Git > Pull or Git > Clone as in vscode. (I have barely scratched the surface so it might be there hiding in plain sight.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

What other VCSs are supported?