▲ 201 ▼ The Creators of the Atom Code Editor Open-Source Zed, Their New Rust-Based High-Performance Editor (www.infoq.com) submitted 2 years ago by LinearArray@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) vulkan is a graphics api, not a framework. their framework is using vulkan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If their framework is using Vulkan, why is it not compatible with anything but MacOS? Isn't the point of Vulkan that it's cross platform? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago It's not fundamentally incompatible, they just haven't written the code to make it compatible yet. GPU frameworks need a lot of OS specific code, so it will take some time for them to make it run perfectly on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davawen@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) This is wrong. Their framework uses metal, which is an apple only graphics API. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago My bad, I was referring to the new Linux implementation which is using Vulkan, which was not clear. The MacOS implementation only supports Metal, as MacOS does not support Vulkan natively. I assume the Vulkan implementation will also be what is used for the Windows build. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If their framework is using Vulkan, why is it not compatible with anything but MacOS? Isn't the point of Vulkan that it's cross platform? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago It's not fundamentally incompatible, they just haven't written the code to make it compatible yet. GPU frameworks need a lot of OS specific code, so it will take some time for them to make it run perfectly on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago It's not fundamentally incompatible, they just haven't written the code to make it compatible yet. GPU frameworks need a lot of OS specific code, so it will take some time for them to make it run perfectly on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davawen@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) This is wrong. Their framework uses metal, which is an apple only graphics API. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago My bad, I was referring to the new Linux implementation which is using Vulkan, which was not clear. The MacOS implementation only supports Metal, as MacOS does not support Vulkan natively. I assume the Vulkan implementation will also be what is used for the Windows build. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago My bad, I was referring to the new Linux implementation which is using Vulkan, which was not clear. The MacOS implementation only supports Metal, as MacOS does not support Vulkan natively. I assume the Vulkan implementation will also be what is used for the Windows build. permalink fedilink source parent