This release also integrates support for various OpenAI API-compatible providers, enhances Bedrock streaming by reducing response buffering delays, and improves the Git panel experience. Notable bug fixes address crashes and keybinding issues, particularly in relation to thread navigation and the resizing experience on Wayland/Linux environments.
Extended Summary:
In this version, Zed continues to prioritize collaboration tools, evident from the introduction of the screen selector dropdown that allows users to choose which screen to share seamlessly. The enhancements to the Agent panel facilitate a more robust interaction with AI-driven features, offering users the flexibility to completely disable these if desired. The automatic retries for requests enhance reliability, ensuring that users experience fewer interruptions.Moreover, the addition of numerous key bindings in macOS and Linux/Windows JetBrains compatibility keymaps streamlines the workflow for users transitioning between different environments. The improvements in the debugger support, especially for Go subtests, and the ability to specify data breakpoint access types significantly bolster Zed’s functionality for developers.
The Git-related enhancements, including support for the `--signoff` option and improvements to the `--amend` experience, reflect Zed's commitment to providing comprehensive version control tools. The attention to bug fixes indicates a responsive approach to user feedback and the need for continuous improvement.
With this release, Zed not only fixes existing issues but also lays the groundwork for future enhancements, ensuring that it remains a competitive choice in the landscape of code editors. Users can look forward to even more integrations and capabilities in upcoming versions, as the developers continue to refine the platform based on user needs and technological advancements
Zed 0.197.3 released
Zed editor v0.197.3 has been released, featuring Magistral support for Ollama, a screen selector dropdown for screen sharing, an option to disable AI features, automatic retries on failed requests in the Agent panel, specifications for accessing debugger data breakpoints, enhancements to the keymap editor, and a new action to compare the current selection with the clipboard contents. The update incorporates support for various OpenAI API-compatible providers, enhancements to Bedrock streaming, and an option to disable all AI features. The agent panel now automatically retries failed requests under additional circumstances, and the edit tool can access files outside the current project only with user permission. The Git panel has undergone enhancements, and the experience with git --amend has also been refined. Recent updates address several issues, including resolving a crash that occurs when transitioning from a message to a thread within the context, correcting keybindings for new threads and text threads, and enhancing the resizing experience on Wayland/Linux.
