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Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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677 points meetpateltech | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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unshavedyak ◴[03 Sep 25 17:05 UTC] No.45118137[source]▶
I want to try Zed but the Helix mode seems quite young. Vim mode sounds good, but i just can't move away from Helix mode. (oh and of course, my own modifications to Helix's input config)

My difficulty in finding editors that fit my desired input scheme kinda reminds me of the old pre-LSP days. Where you'd chose an editor based on it's language features. I wonder if we need some sort of common editor interface to allow these sort of text editing primitives to work in new editors, as it seems to be considerable friction.

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1. yes_but_no ◴[03 Sep 25 18:13 UTC] No.45118827[source]▶
If you are already familiar with Vim bindings is Helix's object then action really worth that much?
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2. unshavedyak ◴[03 Sep 25 19:06 UTC] No.45119370[source]▶
For me, definitely. Plus it's quite the muscle memory switch. I switched to Kakoune ages ago, and then eventually Helix because i liked its design a bit more.
3. sxg ◴[03 Sep 25 19:29 UTC] No.45119582[source]▶
I thought the same, but I gave Helix a shot for fun a couple years ago and never looked back. It really does feel better/more ergonomic, but the greatest benefit is that almost everything you need is built in. I spent way too much time fiddling with Vim and NeoVim configs.