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Zed Features

  1. Edit files remotely with your local preferences: Need to edit files on a remote server, or even in a local VM, and don't like copying your editor's config files everywhere you go? Zed makes this easy: howto/remote.md
  2. Edit files locally: Pick "Local Folder" from the project picker to edit local files.
  3. Chrome Application: Installing via the Chrome Web Store brings a few useful features:
    1. Cross platform: Zed runs on any platforms that desktop Chrome runs on (including Chromebooks)
    2. Installation is easy with just a few clicks
    3. Upgrades are automatic
  4. State preservation: Zed preserves your editor state completely: the state of your splits, recency of open files, cursor and scroll positions, even part of the undo history for open files.
  5. Auto save: Zed always automatically saves your files. Save buttons are so '00s.
  6. Chromeless: Zed fits Chrome perfectly, by not having any. The UI is completely clutter free.
  7. Keyboard oriented: Zed can operated entirely with the keyboard.
  8. Programming language support:
    • Linters/checkers for various languages (reports errors in the gutter as you edit code)
    • Code completion (Tab):
      • Words that appear in the current file (any file type)
      • Based on symbols (Zed has its own indexers for various languages)
      • Snippets
  9. Efficient project navigation at various levels of granularity (howto/navigation.md):
    • Files, quickly jump to the file you want (Command-E)
    • Symbols, Zed indexes all symbols defined in your project and lets you quickly jump to the one you're interested in (Command-R, Command-J)
  10. Command-based: Similar Emacs, every key you press in Zed runs a command. Keybinding to command mappings are configurable in the "Configuration" projects. Commands can also executed by name via Command-. (for a filter list view of all comands) or Command-Shift-. (for a tree view of all commands).
  11. (Vertical) split views: either 1, 2 or 3 vertical splits. (Command-1, Command-2, Command-3, and Command-0 to switch between splits). Or use Command-P to get a preview split for various langauges: split.md