Gregory's Server
Today I went to check the project status after the news that #Zed editor started publishing linux builds: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zed-Native-Linux-Builds
Good news: "git clone https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git && cd zed && cargo run --release" produces working editor
Bad news: I'm too old (or too stupid) to use it. Couldn't figure out how to open file 🤷
There's a menu command "Open Project" which does nothing (no new windows, no files, literally nothing), and there's a button on toolbar "Create New File" (no such menu command though). And that's all.
F1 key shows some command menu (something like M-x in emacs) but it has no options to open or save file as well. It seems mentally I'm too far in the past to use such a modern technology.
Though the editor itself looks rather good: it makes a noticeable load on CPU and GPU (no idea why), the input lag is visible but still it looks much faster and more lightweight than browser-based things like VS Code
Okay, now I have to admit that the development speed and progress are amazing!
Just pulled new version, rerun build and now all the things are fixed: the file interaction works, CPU and GPU load reduced dramatically, and straightforward attempt to edit a medium-sized C project was successful!
Interestingly, #zed automatically found clang and uses one to analyze files without any questions.
Now the app looks a solid dev-version not like a PoC. I think one can even use it for some projects to investigate the features
Okay, now I have to admit that the development speed and progress are amazing!
Just pulled new version, rerun build and now all the things are fixed: the file interaction works, CPU and GPU load reduced dramatically, and straightforward attempt to edit a medium-sized C project was successful!
Interestingly, #zed automatically found clang and uses one to analyze files without any questions.