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Add to SafariWhen comparing Slap vs Zed, the Slant community recommends Zed for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript IDEs or editors?” Zed is ranked 42nd while Slap is ranked 45th. The most important reason people chose Zed is:
Zed provides you with both light and dark themes out of the box. You can also develop your own with CSS.
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Pros
Pro First-class mouse support
Slap supports mouse keybindings even though it works inside the terminal and also through SSH.
Pro Uses desktop-like keybindings
Slap features configurable keybindings (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Z, etc).
Pro Great terminal interface
Pro Customizable themes
Zed provides you with both light and dark themes out of the box. You can also develop your own with CSS.
Cons
Con Requires node.js
Slap is written in JavaScript and it requires something to interpret it in a local machine. That something is node.js, but for people who don't need node, it would be a hindrance and an overkill to install node just to use a simple text editor. Furthermore, it can only be used remotely if the remote machine has node installed.
Con CLI only
Slap only runs through the terminal.
Con No auto-complete
There is no auto-complete support built in for JavaScript.
Con Auto-save could be more stable
Auto-save is a great feature, but there is no way to disable it.
