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      • timestatic@feddit.org
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        2 months ago

        As long as they just use it for their community and don’t fucking lock documentation behind discord I don’t really care. But this trend has been so annoying. Due to this I’m in so many servers I have to quit a server just to join a new one

    • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      So they’re doing the equivalent of VSCode(ium)'s extensions, but installing them automatically and not giving you the option to use alternatives?

      Blegh.

    • PushButton@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Quoting the guy:

      “that rewriting those in Rust will take an eternity, so not sure what is actionable here, hence closing.”

      That’s Rust shining from all its glories here gentlemen…

      The best language, if there is nothing changing.

      That’s a thing to make a web server or a library that displays Fibonacci, that’s something else when there are humans with changing scopes…

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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        2 months ago

        Its not Rusts fault, the devs are simply lazy and making insecure products, as they dont want to rewrite everything.

        • PushButton@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          That’s what I am saying.

          To quote you: “they don’t want to rewrite everything” …

          Writing Rust often implies major refactoring and it takes so much time to write that your requests go: “pewf” closed due to the amount of effort it takes.

          Anyway, been there, done that! Zig is probably the real future; it’s a joy to write, it compiles fast, clear to read, and safe.

          It has shared libraries and a proper integration with existing C/CPP code base.

          You should try it, that’s an amazing language with a real potential to replace the legacy.

      • fxdave@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        I use rust only if we need performance, for small services. The industry does the same. People use node for backend but e.g. redis is in rust. It’s a good tool if you use it for the right stuff.

        EDIT: redis is not in rust, but e.g. aws writes many services in rust

        • PushButton@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          There are no patch, the issue has been closed as in rejected.

          There are a few tasks that are open that are loosely related, but let’s not mix things up.

          Moreover, I will take the words of the maintainers over a random potato on a forum.

          No offense…

            • PushButton@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              As I mentioned, a couple of tasks loosely related. The patch you are mentioning isn’t complete nor address the real problem.

              It is an ugly hack at best.

              Refrain from your urge to defend rust at all costs. You are sliding more and more toward the specifics of a project than the fact I stated about rust in general.

              If you still not get my initial point I’ve made, read this.

              That’s a long read explaining what I meant. My point was about Rust, not Zed or the developers of Zed in particular.

              And for the Zed editor, I wish them the best luck, it seems like a great project that people enjoy.

              Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts on the article above, my dear favorite nutritious veggie.

  • aramus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I still don’t understand why I should need GPU acceleration for my fucking TEXT EDITOR

    • FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Probably because it’s more efficient. GPUs are designed to render things, which editors do. In a text editor, you’re effectively rendering fonts over a fixed background, which I assume is pretty efficient using the GPU.

      We’re not talking about crazy 3D effects here.

      Yay to battery savings!

      • booly@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Shouldn’t the DE/Window Manager be handling that? Seems like doing it on a window by window basis would be inefficient (and look inconsistent).

        • leopold@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
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          2 months ago

          The job of the window manager is to manage windows and very little else. Font rendering is done by the widget toolkit, usually via freetype/harfbuzz.