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"Almost unusable"? Slight hyperbole don't you think? I initially tried the Flatpak version on Fedora 44 and had a few minor problems, but since switching to the terra repos version (terrapkg.com) I've had zero issues, Have you tried that?

For me, its a massive improvement over IntelliJ for my daily workflow.

by mhaberl3 minutes ago|

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> massive improvement over IntelliJ for my daily workflow.

Why?

I used Zed for about 6 months but I lost motivation.

I have the full jetbrains subscription and use it for some debugging etc. I got vim for quick edits and cli tooling for ai. I got no use case for Zed.

by JaggedJax43 minutes ago|

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I had to stop using Zed because of this issue (which persists despite being closed): https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/38109

I can't use an editor where the file contents I'm being shown don't match the reality of the file. I guess this issue doesn't affect most people somehow, but in the age of CLI agents I'm not sure how more people aren't running into it.

I was really enjoying Zed for a short while before I ran into this fundamental issue.

by honeycrispy28 minutes ago|

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I do not have this issue. (Yes, I am on Linux/Wayland)

by JaggedJax16 minutes ago|

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All I can say is it's the only editor I've ever used with this type of issue and unfortunately it's a deal breaker for me. I can get by with any other editor even if they aren't my favorite, but only Zed made me realize that the most important thing an editor can do for me is accurately show me files.

by minraws53 minutes ago|

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Just installed it, works on my kde and niri setups (I logged out and switched to each), copy paste works as well. File manager laggi-ness I didn't notice I don't use it, I use it mostly to type stuff out.

I have never used snippets so unsure about that too, going from command bar seemed to work.

I think it might be bad, but could also be it's not correctly configured maybe try asking codex/claude or something to check if it can fix/fine tune the config, if that doesn't work file issues?

I do suspect it might be working for me cause I got lucky I do see an open issue[1], but given Zed is used a bunch the lack of comments does suggest maybe it's not that wide spread either way not a good look.

[1]: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/47004

Maybe I got lucky?? Does it not auto update on linux maybe I am on an old build... Very suspicious.

by mosburger1 hours ago|

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I use it as a daily driver with few if any problems, but I'm on macOS. Maybe their Linux support is particularly crappy?

by f311a46 minutes ago|

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There are a lot of subtle bugs. I'm on macOS too, but perhaps my workflow is unusual? Every time I open it, I find small bugs. There are so many features that it's hard to maintain them, I guess.

For example, a lot of disable buttons do not actually disable stuff. They just hide it from the UI.

by dylanz1 hours ago|

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I started using Zed a couple weeks ago and immediately had issues with copy/paste/buffer on an M1 Mac. I tried a few suggested fixes and they didn't work.

by Daunk58 minutes ago|

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It still doesn't actually display a window my end until I press a keyboard key or move the mouse. So very often I sit and wait for it to open, only to realize I have to press a random key for it to unhide.

Terrible Linux support.

by Petersipoi1 hours ago|

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> when the core editor is almost unusable

Shit, as someone who uses Zed everyday, I didn't realize what I am using is unusable.

by Pavilion20951 hours ago|

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Because it's not broken, the issues you're describing are far from universal. Also, fixing them won't bring any money.