Memory usage has been optimized, especially concerning installed monospace fonts, leading to significant RAM savings on systems with many fonts. Other improvements include refined Regex syntax highlighting, better scrolling capabilities for syntax selection, enhanced autocomplete suggestions in configuration files, and improved action selection in key mappings.
Language support has also been upgraded, particularly for Python, which can now detect runnable modules and execute tasks directly from the project scope. JavaScript and TypeScript have received updates that enhance their autocomplete features and recognize specific file types as shell scripts.
Significant AI improvements have been introduced, including support for the Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental model and Claude Sonnet 3.7 Thought in the assistant panel. The Copilot feature has been updated to utilize the official GitHub language server.
This release also addresses several bugs, including issues with Git staging, Markdown rendering, and various coding syntax irregularities. However, a notable breaking change is that files larger than 6GB will no longer be opened to mitigate high memory usage and system instability.
Overall, Zed 0.180.2 aims to provide a more efficient, user-friendly experience by incorporating the latest improvements and addressing previous issues.
Extensions and Future Directions:
Going forward, the Zed development team is likely to focus on further optimizing performance and expanding language support. Given the ongoing enhancements to AI capabilities, future updates may introduce more intelligent coding assistance features, potentially transforming the Zed editor into a more robust tool for developers. Additionally, user feedback will be crucial in shaping subsequent updates, particularly in addressing the handling of large files and ensuring compatibility with a wider array of programming languages and frameworks
Zed 0.180.2 released
A new version of the Zed editor has been released, featuring a range of enhancements and bug fixes. The updates encompass the incorporation of persistence in editor folds, the introduction of an editor::CopyAndTrim action, a go_to_definition_fallback setting, the addition of a scrollbar to the extensions page, the capability to configure a language server's environment variables, enhancements in user menu placement, optimized memory usage related to installed monospace fonts, refined Regex syntax highlighting, improved scrolling for editor::SelectLargerSyntaxNode, enhanced autocomplete suggestions in settings.json, and better selection of actions in keymap.json.
The language server has been enhanced, enabling Python to identify runnable modules, execute Python-specific tasks, and display tasks from the Python plugin for standalone files. Improvements have been made to JavaScript and TypeScript, including the recognition of APKBUILD files as "Shell Script."
