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0 pointsstephc_int1314h ago0 comments

Zed is "almost there" for me.

The theme builder is good and easy to use, and I only needed a few minutes to make my own.

Syntax coloring is almost there, but still lacking (I use C/C++) Small visual adjustment like line height in the UI text is not configurable enough (only two settings)

Scrolling should have a smooth option, nothing prevents it, it should be super easy to add, I find it easier on the eyes when I move around code, especially on a 240Hz monitor.

The editing experience is good, quick launch, no crashes, responsive, not too memory hungry.

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LoganDark13h ago

Scrolling is perfectly smooth when you use a trackpad. IMO, clickwheels are a legacy technology for scrolling (even when I use Windows, I left-hand a Magic Trackpad so I still have smooth analog scrolling).

stephc_int13OP12h ago

I never liked trackpad. I am an avid RTS player, the mouse is by far the superious input device.

Besides, I never work on a laptop.

And this is a lame excuse. Smooth scrolling should also work when using keyboard with and pageup/pagedown, at least as an option and with some tuning preferences.

aruggirello9h ago

Smooth scrolling also worked on the Amiga Cygnus Editor in 1986 - yes, 40 years ago - on a computer with 512Kb RAM and a ~7MHz 68000 CPU, and from keyboard too. And Zed complains at launch if it doesn't find a suitable Vulkan GPU driver, since the fallback CPU driver does not provide a smooth enough experience, despite 4-5 orders of magnitude more RAM, and a ~3 orders of magnitude faster CPU, than a 40 years old Amiga...

madokaaoyi9h ago

"smooth scrolling" with a mouse or keyboard like you mentioned is a lie. Its animating movement but is not precision input at all. its "smooth" sure but you have zero control over the actual scroll (i do wish zed did this too its genuinely useful as an accessibility aid because it lets your eyes follow where the cursor ends up for example but yeah its not the same as having proper precision input for scrolling as you do with a touchpad). I do agree a mouse is far better at precision input wrt pointing at things but when programming,,,, you do not need to be so precise with cursor movement. you're editing text which is largely keyboard centric, and the time offset between moving your hand from a mouse to a keyboard on a desktop is in my opinion far higher than it is to move your hands from a keyboard to a touchpad surface. Not to mention you get actual precision with scrolling with a touchpad. I personally keep both a proper MMO mouse with a dozen programmable buttons on my desk, and a apple touchpad with precision drivers for normal use.

also wrt scrolling, mice like the logitech mx master actually have what is in my opinion a much better solution where the scrollwheel is not stepped and has scrolling inertia, allowing you to have the same level of precision with scrolling as you do with a touchpad (im not sure if the vertical wheel on it is the same but regardless). Its in my opinion a similar jump in capability for mice as continous triggers were for game controllers. Something that must have been initially quite notable, but slowly became expected behaviour (except on the switch for some reason but whatever i guess)

LoganDark12h ago

The arrow keys do scroll smoothly in Safari from my testing, but a clickwheel does not. Probably because scrolling inputs are meant to be precise.

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giancarlostoro6h ago

Used to have a mouse that had a scroll wheel that would toggle if it did the clicking motion or a smoother scrolling motion, I loved that one. I use Trackbals now, so if I need to scroll drastically I use the sidebar. Source Code map sidebar is the best though.

LoganDark6h ago

I have a mouse that can toggle the detents too, but unfortunately even with the detents off it does not read fractional scroll positions. :(

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