I’ve been wanting something lighter than VSCodium, though I can’t find anything else that also does active line-by-line comparison of 2 nearly identical files. Do any other custom-syntax-highlighting editors come to mind?
Thanks, I’m trying Kate and I installed git to get the diff going, but I can’t actually edit one doc live and see the change on the spot across the two docs. Is Kate capable of this?
Update: It appears incapable of live-editing docs. VSCodium wins again, unfortunately. I really wanna get away from VSC because it seems much heavier on the system than anything else I’ve found…
Zed has AI features, but there’s a config flag that disables all of them in one go. They also have collaboration features that you might want to disable as well… Also telemetry.
Lame, thanks! Edit: All telemetry and AI features were disabled by default in my installation. Was that not the case for you?
However, Zed still does not have side-by-side file comparison that involves live editing of one to instantly reflect changes on the other; I have to open the diff, and then find the contradictory spots separately in a third window. Why is it so hard to find an editor with live comparison-editing?
I recently got into using NeoVim with LazyVim. It’s honestly been my favorite IDE experience by far after using VSCode for ages and then trying Zed for a year. It’s super light and has infinity features and plugins.
Thanks, I’ll try LazyVim. Kate and Zed still do not have live side-by-side comparing-and-editing, it seems. I did not realize how hard it is to find an editor other than VSCodium that has this feature.
I’ve been wanting something lighter than VSCodium, though I can’t find anything else that also does active line-by-line comparison of 2 nearly identical files. Do any other custom-syntax-highlighting editors come to mind?
Kate (the KDE GUI editor) is pretty light and surprisingly competent if you set it up right. It has diff capability including git diffing.
Thanks, I’m trying Kate and I installed
gitto get the diff going, but I can’t actually edit one doc live and see the change on the spot across the two docs. Is Kate capable of this?Update: It appears incapable of live-editing docs. VSCodium wins again, unfortunately. I really wanna get away from VSC because it seems much heavier on the system than anything else I’ve found…
Thanks, I’ll give it a shot!
Zed has been pretty good.
Trying this out next, thanks; it’s a bit different but may be the one! It should get into the Software Manager…
Zed has AI features, but there’s a config flag that disables all of them in one go. They also have collaboration features that you might want to disable as well… Also telemetry.
Lame, thanks! Edit: All telemetry and AI features were disabled by default in my installation. Was that not the case for you?
However, Zed still does not have side-by-side file comparison that involves live editing of one to instantly reflect changes on the other; I have to open the diff, and then find the contradictory spots separately in a third window. Why is it so hard to find an editor with live comparison-editing?
There is an issue open on Zed. You can do it from the CLI but the UI still needs an update.
Here is where my convo started: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/39869#discussioncomment-16534444
You can also use Difftastic as a plugin: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/9721
I recently got into using NeoVim with LazyVim. It’s honestly been my favorite IDE experience by far after using VSCode for ages and then trying Zed for a year. It’s super light and has infinity features and plugins.
Thanks, I’ll try LazyVim. Kate and Zed still do not have live side-by-side comparing-and-editing, it seems. I did not realize how hard it is to find an editor other than VSCodium that has this feature.
Magit? Git diff?