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ZpJuUuNaQ5 ◴[] No.45117752[source]
I am sure Zed is great and I appreciate the effort put in to create it, but nowadays I just cannot imagine switching from VSCode to something else. In my limited understanding, none of the existing alternatives offer anything (and often misses at least something) truly innovative or anything else that VSCode extension wouldn't solve. On VSCode I have about 15 different profiles setup, each with different settings and dozens of extensions based on either a technology stack or a project - it would be really difficult to find a good reason to throw it all away. The idea of switching between IDEs does not appeal to me either. I do use Neovim a little bit too, but most of that usage time was spent on configuration.
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mikeocool ◴[] No.45117909[source]
Zed's main selling point over VSCode for me is the lack of a slight delay between when I press a key and when the character appears.

VSCode has always felt ever so slightly sluggish to me, and I find it maddening as I type.

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IshKebab ◴[] No.45118181[source]
Weird, I tried it recently and found it actually a bit laggier than VSCode. The rendering is much worse quality too.

Are you using Vim mode or something like that?

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mikeocool ◴[] No.45118381[source]
I begrudgingly gave up vim mode in vscode a few years ago, because that seemed to make it so much more sluggish.
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1. IshKebab ◴[] No.45120618{3}[source]
Yeah it hooks into some blocking event that gets called on every keypress. At least that's how it worked last time I tried it many years ago. Very sluggish.

Fortunately standard editing shortcuts like Ctrl-D, Ctrl-left/right, etc. replace 99% of Vim "magic" and are way easier to remember and use.

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2. Fraterkes ◴[] No.45121004[source]
No offense, but if you think ctrl-shortcuts are easier to use you don’t really get the appeal of vim