# Zed experience as a Sublime Text user

Written by a licensed Sublime Text user from v2 to v4. Overall I think Zed has a good performance and some superior UX than Sublime Text.

Here is my optionated config.

{
  "base_keymap": "SublimeText",
  "vim_mode": false,
  
  // behaviors
  "seed_search_query_from_cursor": "selection",
  "format_on_save": "off",
  // "remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save": true,
  "always_treat_brackets_as_autoclosed": true,

  "tabs": {
    "git_status": true,
    "close_position": "left"
  },

  "project_panel": {
    "auto_fold_dirs": true,
    "indent_size": 12,
    "indent_guides": {
      "show": "never"
    }
  },
  
  // https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/9293
  "lsp": {
    "rust-analyzer": {
      "binary": {
        // "path": "/path/to/rust-analyzer",
        "arguments": ["--no-log-buffering"]
      }
    }
  },
  
  "git": {
    "inline_blame": {
      "enabled": true,
      "delay_ms": 1200,
      "min_column": 80
    },
  },
  
  "preview_tabs": {
    "enable_preview_from_file_finder": true
  },
  
  // I don't believe in AI hype
  "features": {
    "edit_prediction_provider": "none"
  },
  "assistant": {
    "enabled": false,
    "version": "1"
  },

  // sorry I am not a fan
  "auto_update": false,
  "telemetry": {
    "metrics": false
  }
}

## Theme recommendations

* Ayu (built-in)
* Adwaita
* Zedwaita

## Personal issue tracker

I track the following issues (Last updated on version 0.143.7):

- [ ] 2024-07-15: Color scheme is tied to UI theme, leading to constrainted choices on customization.
- [x] ~~2024-07-15: Project panel can only be scrolled vertically: [Project panel horizontal scroll (#7001)](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/7001).~~
- [x] ~~2024-07-15: Zed does not preserve buffers of non-project files on close [Restore non-project files after relaunching Zed (#9851)](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/9851).~~
- [x] ~~2024-08-29: Zed hardcodes vscode-eslint config to use flat config, but Next.js does not (yet) support it. ([#17088](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/17088))~~