Same. I did long time ago and won’t go back.
I switched from VSCode to Zed
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Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#42I would have switched in a pinch if Zed had their low-DPI font rendering in order. At the moment it just looks bad.
Mind explaining how / why you have a low DPI monitor? I haven't even seen one in maybe a decade.
Define low dpi. Apple's definition has been >218dpi, which is much higher than 4k@27", which is about the smallest 4k monitor one can buy (exluding 15" portable monitors)
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#43Zed feels way snappier to me than VSCode and I love the vim mode too.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#44I've been frustrated by the constant nudges to use specific AI tools from within VS Code, but I made a different change. Rather than moving to a different editor altogether, I started using VS Codium. If you're unfamiliar, it's the open core of VS Code, without the Microsoft-branded features that make up VS Code. I believe Microsoft builds VS Code releases by building VS Codium, and then adding in their own branded f…
That's a good idea. I considered VSCodium but the issue is that I used VSCode's proprietary extensions such as Pylance. So it would require to switch to OSS replacements at which point I decided why wouldn't give Zed a try – it has a better feeling by not being an Electron app.
I think VSCodium is a good option if you need extensions not available in Zed.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#45I really love Zed, but my only issue is the Emacs keybindings they ship doesn’t seem to work as well as the VSCode Emacs extensions. Hopefully they can fix this in newer updates.
This is high praise coming from an Emacs user :) I also formerly used Emacs with much joy, but I'm even happier with Zed now.
Zed has a lot of issues in flight; maybe these are useful to you? Here are the issues that have been filed under the label "area:parity/emacs". Some also have the label "state:needs repro" (needs reproduction). I wonder if any of them scratch your itch? Weighing in might help get your pain points resolved a bit faster?
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20...
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#46To bad I can not change away from vs code. Most chip manufacturers use the vscode + Addons approach today to give you a toolchain to Programm for your microcontroller. They (thank god) abandon there proprietary IDE attempts and concentrate on chips and compilers again. They found VSCode and now you are required to use this. I’m very unhappy with the situation and on the job hunt to get away from embedded to applicati…
Which microcontrollers? Of interest, I program STM32, ESP32 (Risc-V) and Nordic chips, and do everything in RustRover. The compiling is decoupled from the editor. (You do cargo run to build and flash with debugging, or click the Run IDE button; works just like any program) The editor is for the code structure, and should reflect that, vs the chip. There is Cube IDE which is useful for configuring clocks, memory layout data, and other periph info as a supplement to the RMs and User Manuals, but it's not required to write code.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#47I would have switched in a pinch if Zed had their low-DPI font rendering in order. At the moment it just looks bad.
Mind explaining how / why you have a low DPI monitor? I haven't even seen one in maybe a decade.
1080p is the most popular screen resolution by far, and on regular monitors 1080p is "low DPI".
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#48Switched to Zed from Webstorm. Only issue is Zed has no vertical tab support. Did create a PR but it got rejected as it does not align with their milestones. Well, using it by monkeypatching the dev build after every upstream sync.
I must admit I'm rather ignorant of the vertical tab workflow. I'm curious: when did it click for you? Was VS Code your gateway drug? A web browser?
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#49I switched from VSCode to Zed and clicked the "disable AI" button so gd fast. Bliss.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#50To do this, I had to switch to Rust first which means I had to change my entire career. I love to switch to linux desktop now but before that I'm gonna need to clear some time. Which probably means I have to retire?