agent-joule/docs/src/editing-code.md
David Charlot 88a41bedd3 Rebrand Zed -> Joule across UI, docs, embedded assets, and legal
The fork shipped renamed binary/bundle but the product name "Zed" was still
shown everywhere in the UI. Rename the display name to "Joule" (tagline
"Energy-metered agentic coding") while preserving every load-bearing reference.

Display renames (105 .rs files): release_channel display_name, welcome +
onboarding + ai_onboarding, macOS app menu (About/Hide/Quit), window titles,
About panel, settings UI, notifications, update/collab messages, system specs.
Bundle display name (crates/zed/Cargo.toml) -> "Joule" so CFBundleName / the
menu-bar name and the .app are "Joule" (identifier science.transaction.AgentJoule
and the agent-joule binary are unchanged).

Docs (223 .md): product prose Zed -> Joule, fence-aware (code blocks untouched).
Embedded assets (12 JSONC): // comments only.
Legal (4 files): product -> Joule, entity "Zed Industries, Inc." -> "Transaction
Science, Inc.", domain zed.dev -> openie.dev. NOTE: these are structurally Zed's
inherited terms and need a real legal review, not just a rename.

Deliberately PRESERVED (renaming would break the app): font aliases ("Zed Plex
Sans"/".ZedMono" in text_system + assets), HTTP header names (X-Zed-Predict-*),
zed:: action ids, app/bundle identifiers (dev.zed.Zed*, Zed-Editor-* product ids),
zed.dev URLs, ZED_* env vars, crate/package names, "Zed Industries" in non-legal
attribution, and the {zed,Zed} config-dir glob.

Signed + notarized + stapled as Joule.app, installed to /Applications, verified
(Gatekeeper: Notarized Developer ID, FH93XC2VRR). Caveat: test-code string
literals were renamed too, so some `cargo test` assertions may need updating.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
2026-07-03 02:23:35 -04:00

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Editing Code in Joule Core code editing features in Joule including multi-cursor, refactoring, code actions, and language server integration.

Editing Code

Joule provides tools to help you write and modify code efficiently. This section covers the core editing features that work alongside your language server.

What's in This Section

How These Features Work Together

When you're editing code, Joule combines input from multiple sources:

  1. Language servers provide completions, diagnostics, and quick fixes based on your project's types and structure
  2. Edit predictions suggest multi-character or multi-line changes as you type
  3. Multibuffers let you apply changes across files in one operation

For example, you might:

  • Rename a function using your language server's rename refactor
  • See the results in a multibuffer showing all affected files
  • Use multiple cursors to make additional edits across all locations
  • Get immediate diagnostic feedback if something breaks
  • AI Features — Agentic editing, inline code transformations, and AI code completions
  • Configuring Languages — Set up language servers for your project
  • Key Bindings — Customize keyboard shortcuts for editing commands