Overview of Cursor settings
Learn about the different settings in Cursor and what each of them do to get the best out of it, right from the get go.
Version notice
This tutorial uses older versions of some tools. The latest UI, functionality and features may be different from what is described in the tutorial.
- Cursor: v0.41.3 (current: v0.47.8)
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