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For anyone using Zed, how extensive is its ability to be configured/modded to emulate other editor behaviors, bindings, etc? Eg i want something akin to Helix, but i'm not interested in Zeds Vim mode. Nor am i interested in a straight Helix mode, as my own Helix usage is quite customized.

Can i make my own Modes trees like Helix/etc offers? I'm aware of https://zed.dev/docs/helix, just not sure what the UX is to customize this behavior yourself as a user.



Don’t think you can do your own modes:

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/38e5c8fb66ac19f58... allows custom keybinds to actions

Modes look to be hardcoded (at the moment) https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/vim/s...




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