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I tried to use Zed but the text rendering on macOS was so painful that I didn't get far. Hopefully they'll address so I can give it another go in the future.
Also works well in vscode. Just wish the remote instance would keep running forever. Currently it's only a few hours it seems. Then one needs to reopen the workspace window.
I don't use code editors, but when we had an issue with ssh sessions hanging, it was always coworkers that were using vscode and connecting something up with that. Man, just ssh through the terminal like a normal person and transfer files with git.
Sorry, I know such low-effort puns are shunned on HN, but once in a decade I grant myself the permission to not resist.
Someone reinvented tramp-mode.
This appears to be a significantly better implementation. Tramp mode is god awful slow and does not maintain a persistent connection.
Someone reinvented tramp-mode.
How's Zed with WSL (now)? I've liked the ability to run the VS Code back-end in WSL and front-end in Windows, is this possible with Zed?
I wouldn't go there. These things are supposed to be helpful, any bug or chance of a bug will be detrimental to their stated purpose, just imagine scenarios were zed tells git to download a repo and you have to make sure it downloads to a linux directory and not a windows directory, otherwise you lose all of the access bits, and it's slow af. Asking for trouble.
The [VS Code] WSL back-end has access to things in WSL PATH, like compilers and language servers. I don't duplicate them in Windows, and would like to avoid having double installs. It's also nice to be able to open integrated terminal and use `fish` and other unix-only CLI utilities.
Caveat emptor: "Zed downloads NodeJS binary and npm packages from Internet without user’s consent"[1] This has been an open issue for 5 months. When I noticed it, I couldn't believe my eyes and it was the last time I've run Zed so far. Judge for yourself whether this is a deal-breaker for you; I wish I had known about it earlier. [1] https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/12589
I tried to use Zed but the text rendering on macOS was so painful that I didn't get far. Hopefully they'll address so I can give it another go in the future.
What’s the issue exactly? I’ve been using it on macOS for a few months now and while it has its issues, text rendering hasn’t been one of them.
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Memory footprint, startup times, overall responsiveness. At the end of the day VSCode is still Electron app.
In my experience, the electron overhead is relatively negligible compared to the ressource usage of the language servers. And zed seems to use the same language servers.
Though I'll admit a LS that takes three seconds to respond is kinda indistinguishable from UI delay.
Is somewhere a comparison of Zed to Visual Studio Code?
I switched to Zed for C, C++, Rust, Angular, and am extremely happy with it. I use it with it's vim mode, which is very good. For the record, I've tried the JetBrains suite for at least a year, vscode, vim, neovim, visual studio (windows), qtcreator, and at least one more I dont remember. Zed is superior for everyday coding, for me. The only thing it lacks is debugging, so I can't use it for C#, but I also can't use…