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Is there any plans for Zed to add basic functionality like task runner? A button to run / debug code? Only having autocomplete for Java code gives the impression that Zed is only a text editor and not an IDE.

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> Only having autocomplete for Java code gives the impression that Zed is only a text editor and not an IDE

Where did you get the impression they only have support for autocomplete for Java? AFAIK they support any LSP and this new feature is language independent.

> Where did you get the impression they only have support for autocomplete for Java?

I’ve used Zed.

I'm happily using zed with autocomplete in rust / python / php / javascript / go -- I forget which ones were built-in and which were a one-click "I see you're opening an X file, would you like to download the X language server?" but they all work

Cool, then that must mean it exists for Java aswell, must find it!

Zed already has built in task running… you can use the same thing to call anything that you want like a command to run your project. You can even add custom keybindings to them

https://zed.dev/docs/tasks

I’m trying to find where I can have it as a button so every time I want to run / debug the code, I can press on it instead lf having it as a shortcut but I haven’t found a way.

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