Red Editor v0.7.0

Red v0.7.0: Your agent can point to the code it means

Red is a Vim-style terminal editor with a persistent Agent panel and focused inline help. This release turns explanations into source-linked walkthroughs, adds real multi-cursor editing, and makes large workspaces faster and safer.

Three things to try

1. Follow an Agent explanation into the source. Press Space A and ask for a code walkthrough. Agent can annotate exact locations and link its answer to those cards, even across files.
2. Ask inline about the code in front of you. Select code and press Space i for a scoped review, explanation, or refactor. Inline edits stay unsaved and undoable; wider or background changes require review.
3. Edit repeated matches with Ctrl-n and one undo. Select successive occurrences or add vertical cursors, then change every selection in one undoable edit.

More in this release

• New: Give Agent language-server diagnostics and a rename preview. Agent can inspect diagnostics and preview a cross-file semantic rename. Applied edits stay unsaved and undoable; start a new Agent conversation to load these tools.
• New: Pick a model for the conversation you're in. Change the model and reasoning effort in the Agent panel without changing your global Codex configuration.
• Improved: Find a file before a large workspace finishes scanning. File results stream in as discovery runs; completed indexes are cached. File trees and editor interactions also received targeted speedups.
• New: Keep your edits when another tool changes the file. Clean buffers reload; dirty buffers show a conflict and keep both versions available to compare before you choose what to save.
• New: Run Vim-style shell commands and range filters. Run :! commands or filter a visual range through a shell command; successful output becomes one undoable edit.
• New: Try Red in a guided, disposable practice buffer. A new first-run welcome offers a hands-on tour of editing, navigation, Git, and the Agent workflow without changing your project.

Agent support requires an installed Codex CLI and codex login.

What's Changed

Features

• release: Sharpen next release announcements by @fcoury-oai in #358
• tree: Move reusable tree rendering into rust by @fcoury-oai in #357
• release: Curate cross-channel release campaigns by @fcoury-oai in #350
• agent: Add lsp diagnostics and semantic rename tools by @fcoury-oai in #345
• commands: Add vim-style shell range filters by @fcoury-oai in #340
• picker: Support file line navigation by @fcoury-oai in #339
• commands: Add vim-style shell execution by @fcoury-oai in #338
• git: Browse committed files in dashboard by @fcoury-oai in #337
• editor: Format pasted text by default by @fcoury-oai in #334
• picker: Add configurable symbol tree guides by @fcoury-oai in #333
• editor: Detect and resolve external file conflicts by @fcoury-oai in #330
• editor: Add vim-style multi-cursor editing by @fcoury-oai in #326
• editor: Warn at bracket navigation boundaries by @fcoury-oai in #322
• editor: Wrap directional window navigation by @fcoury-oai in #324
• editor: Support newlines in substitute replacements by @fcoury-oai in #320
• fidget: Improve progress overlay rendering by @fcoury-oai in #319
• commands: Add save-all command by @fcoury-oai in #317
• neotree: Open file tree from insert mode by @fcoury-oai in #312
• commands: Add bufdo support by @fcoury-oai in #311
• editing: Add Vim-style comment formatting by @fcoury-oai in #307
• lsp: Improve references loading feedback by @fcoury-oai
• commands: Add vim-compatible command abbreviations by @fcoury-oai in #304
• picker: Modernize buffer navigation by @fcoury-oai in #302
• vim: Add paragraph and sentence motions by @fcoury-oai in #303
• buffers: Add unnamed buffer creation by @fcoury-oai in #299
• lsp: Cache diagnostics across editor restarts by @fcoury-oai in #296
• lsp: Apply project-specific rustfmt settings by @fcoury-oai in #295
• lsp: Show code action loading picker by @fcoury-oai in #292
• lsp: Auto-import rust types from completions by @fcoury-oai
• neotree: Virtualize unbounded file trees by @fcoury-oai in #289
• agent: Relax agent guardrails by @fcoury-oai in #288
• agent: Add composer history search by @fcoury-oai in #287
• agent: Add source annotation walkthroughs by @fcoury-oai in #282
• completion: Add opt-in coordinated suggestions by @fcoury-oai in #281
• agent: Show compact progress and create workspace directories by @fcoury-oai in #280
• onboarding: Add interactive first-run tutorial by @fcoury-oai in #275
• agent: Add model selection to the agent pane by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Show signature help while typing by @fcoury-oai
• indent: Add query-driven language indentation by @fcoury-oai
• completion: Accept selected item with enter by @fcoury-oai in #263
• completion: Add interactive snippet placeholders by @fcoury-oai in #262
• formatting: Enable format on save by default by @fcoury-oai
• neotree: Activate items on double click by @fcoury-oai

Performance

• picker: Stream and cache file discovery by @fcoury-oai in #352
• editor: Accelerate large repository interactions by @fcoury-oai in #332
• runtime: Accelerate editor and plugin hot paths by @fcoury-oai in #309
• picker: Accelerate large workspace file searches by @fcoury-oai in #298
• lsp: Batch progress updates and coalesce redraws by @fcoury-oai in #297
• editor: Speed up repeated edits by @fcoury-oai in #267

Bug Fixes

• statusline: Preserve styles when sections are hidden by @fcoury-oai in #356
• editor: Repeat visual indentation by line span by @fcoury in #355
• editor: Seed multi-cursor from visual selection by @fcoury in #354
• git: Avoid repeated full repository scans by @fcoury-oai in #353
• agent: Stabilize dynamic tool contracts by @fcoury in #349
• neotree: Keep large workspaces responsive by @fcoury-oai in #344
• editor: Reindent pasted code without range formatting by @fcoury-oai in #341
• editor: Resolve recovered external-file warnings by @fcoury-oai in #336
• session: Scope restore state by workspace by @fcoury-oai in #335
• picker: Prioritize distinctive primary labels by @fcoury-oai in #331
• editor: Prevent overwriting external file changes by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Refresh stale auto-import completions by @fcoury-oai in #329
• neotree: Restore recursive tree search by @fcoury-oai in #327
• editor: Preserve indent after compound closers by @fcoury-oai in #328
• editor: Smooth distant cursor reveals by @fcoury-oai in #325
• notifications: Clarify command and lsp outcomes by @fcoury-oai in #321
• completion: Select top result after lsp updates by @fcoury-oai in #314
• notifications: Make routine errors non-intrusive by @fcoury-oai in #318
• commands: Allow bufdo to delete buffers by @fcoury-oai in #316
• lsp: Retain diagnostics across code actions by @fcoury-oai in #315
• completion: Rebase refreshed edits from their request by @fcoury-oai in #313
• editor: Refresh plugins after buffer replacement by @fcoury-oai in #310
• lsp: Improve workspace symbol filtering by @fcoury-oai in #306
• editor: Preserve navigation jump history by @fcoury-oai in #305
• lsp: Recover save formatting and inlay hints by @fcoury-oai
• formatting: Trim whitespace before format on save by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Ignore stale inlay hint responses by @fcoury-oai
• editor: Reveal wrapped final lines by @fcoury-oai in #301
• picker: Prioritize filename matches by @fcoury-oai in #294
• lsp: Restore work-done progress by @fcoury-oai in #293
• diagnostics: Preserve wrapped source text by @fcoury-oai in #291
• neotree: Prevent instruction budget exhaustion in deep workspaces by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Refresh and relocate stale diagnostics by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Tolerate language server failures by @fcoury-oai in #286
• agent: Finish interrupted turns promptly by @fcoury-oai in #285
• agent: Make transcript links navigable by @fcoury-oai in #283
• statusline: Compact displayed file paths by @fcoury-oai in #284
• copilot: Keep autocomplete enabled alongside suggestions by @fcoury-oai in #279
• editor: Restore the terminal promptly on quit by @fcoury-oai in #278
• copilot: Persist enablement across restarts by @fcoury-oai in #277
• buffers: Toggle between recently used buffers by @fcoury-oai in #276
• keymap: Honor command-mode aliases across navigation contexts by @fcoury-oai in #274
• breadcrumbs: Restore symbol context and abbreviate home paths by @fcoury-oai
• matchit: Handle rust lifetimes in percent motions by @fcoury-oai
• copilot: Accept inline suggestions with ctrl-l by @fcoury
• completion: Preserve snippet navigation with empty popups by @fcoury-oai
• clipboard: Isolate editor tests from system clipboard by @fcoury-oai
• picker: Prioritize exact name matches by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Retry cancelled diagnostics quietly by @fcoury-oai
• config: Accept signature help settings by @fcoury-oai
• lsp: Refresh and preserve diagnostics after saving by @fcoury-oai
• neotree: Show symlinks as their targets by @fcoury-oai in #260
• editor: Keep cursor visible on matching brackets by @fcoury-oai in #259

Documentation

• editor: Clarify agent workflows and upcoming release features by @fcoury-oai in #351
• perf: Record edit replay optimization plan by @fcoury-oai

Tests

• lsp: Make diagnostic close fixture portable by @fcoury-oai

Maintenance

• branch: Sync main before snippet fix publication by @fcoury-oai

Other

• Use smaller macOS test runners by @fcoury in #343
• Reduce repeated validation spend by @fcoury in #342
• Use worktrunk for features by @fcoury-oai

Contributors

• @fcoury-oai in #359
• @fcoury

Installation

Homebrew

brew install codersauce/tap/red

macOS

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://getred.dev/install.sh | sh

Linux

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://getred.dev/install.sh | sh

Windows

irm https://getred.dev/install.ps1 | iex

Install Codex separately and run codex login to enable agent support.

Checksums

Download SHA256SUMS.txt from this release to verify archives.

Full Changelog

v0.6.0...v0.7.0