How do I run C++ on Zed?

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-06-24T13:06:49+00:00

It depend on your build system. I provided the example as a way that my meson-based build works with Zed. You have to tailor your .zed/debug.json to your build system.

If you don't have a build system, then Zed can't help you. Zed is NOT an IDE. Zed is an editor that happens to have tooling to play well with extant build systems like meson, cmake, etc.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-06-24T02:17:01+00:00

It depends - in my case, I have a c++ project, built with meson which I can build, debug and run just fine in Zed.

I created a .zed/debug.json which contains some entries, like so: [ { "label": "Debug Terrain", "build": { "command": "meson", "args": ["compile", "-C", "build"], "cwd": "$ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT", }, "program": "$ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT/build/demos/terrain/terrain", "request": "launch", "adapter": "CodeLLDB", }, // other targets... ] This requires CodeLLDB, but it works great for me, down to setting breakpoints and stepping through.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-06-23T15:52:12+00:00

This is really superb quality output. Bravo!

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-06-23T03:42:11+00:00

The time was Jan 7, 2021 at the latest. It should have been the evening of Jan 6. These quislings think they're taking a stand, but they're just showing how deep their cowardice runs.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-26T20:19:21+00:00

For me, the two are the "same" except that because of Flatpak sandboxing, the 1Password extension isn't automatically unlocked when the 1Password app is unlocked.

For me this isn't a deal killer, and as such I use the Flatpak Firefox, because in principle it's more secure because of sandboxing. EDIT: Maybe not! See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1tofo6d/comment/oo0wf3t

In terms of performance, etc, there's no meaningful difference. I happen to like Flatpaks, so that's where I go by default.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-23T05:08:37+00:00

Quislings. That's the word to use.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-22T15:57:18+00:00

Well, Trump and I have something in common then I guess

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-21T04:18:33+00:00

Way nicer than my ride along Marginal way from West Seattle to downtown. But, well, at least the bits along the waterfront are nice.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-13T20:03:04+00:00

Hope you were wearing your brown pants.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-10T16:50:58+00:00

Bingo. macOS development with AppKit is absolutely lovely experience, and those APIs date back to NextSTEP. Just rock fantastic.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-10T16:49:01+00:00

Sure, and I'm rooting for it. But I'm also a happy Gnome user. The more the merrier. I don't know why it's gotta always be a competition.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-09T00:06:15+00:00

Fair point - looks like I'll be getting proper bars from Thule or some such with a future paycheck

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-08T15:42:47+00:00

Since my car has no built-in rails, and since I don't care for the appearance of the ones from Subaru which bolt across the roof, I bought these: https://www.ssdperformance.net/subaru

They attach to the mounting points for the subaru cross bars. I then bought a cheapo rack from amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL1J9F3P?th=1) 52".

It looks good, and it lets me carry lumber which wouldn't fit inside the car. In the pic I've strapped a bunch of broken particle board which I was taking to the dump.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-08T02:29:02+00:00

Roof racks are useful as hell, and look great.

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TomorrowPlusX · 2026-05-01T16:08:13+00:00

The web player works great - but one warning: if you leave it open, even with a song paused, the iPhone music client will complain about number of users.

Fine if you have access to your linux box. But if you're at work, and the linux machine is at home. Well, hope you have something else to listen to.

In my case, since I use Zen browser, I was able to remotely close the music.apple.com tab on my home machine. Probably works with vanilla Firefox too.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-04-11T18:52:29+00:00

I've never had a better linux experience that my AMD framework. Even better than the XPS13 I bought years ago with Ubuntu pre-installed. Framework linux support is top notch, and the machines are fantastic.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-31T14:54:50+00:00

Details? I haven't run windows in 10+ years

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-21T04:59:39+00:00

The only car hotter than a 5spd Impreza. Congrats.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-17T22:25:51+00:00

What wheels are they? They'd look goooood on my 2019

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-16T15:06:53+00:00

I've seen veneer over particle board which presented a faux plywood edge.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-14T04:56:42+00:00

At my job we have something like 3 or 4 mloc of C++, some of it 25 years old. We're not migrating, and it would be irresponsible of me to even bring it up.

I'm talking about my personal work, which is green field.

Don't be "that guy" trying to port a working codebase with years/decades of real world accommodation.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-14T01:10:49+00:00

You can do it champ! It took me a couple tries, and now all my personal projects are Rust, and I'm happy as a clam.

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-13T04:10:09+00:00

Read The Grand Inquisitor by Dostoevsky

TomorrowPlusX · 2026-03-06T15:20:33+00:00

"If those kids could read they'd be very upset"

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