 jEdit is a texteditor written in Java. Actually it’s not just a texteditor – it’s the texteditor. It combines the usage-guidelines known of other programs running under Windows or windows-like environements with the functionality (as an editor, not as a newsreader |
webbrowser | filemanager | «insert whatever else emacs can do) of Emacs. |
When you download the current release (you can easily take the current 4.1pre-Release – even the CVS-Snapshot is stable enough for production use [at least for me]) and install it via the provided installer, you will get quite a simple looking UI. So the first thing to to is to load the PlugIn-Manager and to download and install whatever you need. Then restart the program and begin with the configuration-session…
On the screenshot, you can see many of the features I like about jEdit:
- The cool look&feel (install the L&F-Plugin and chose the Metouia-Look to get mine).
- The File-Browser always open on the left side. You have to select it under Global Options/Docking to get it sticking at the left side.
- The search-bar which even supports regular expressions
- The split-view. I am currently looking at the same file, but chaning this is a matter of selecting another tab (install the BufferTabs-Plugin to get those) in one of the views.
- The color-scheme of the editfield. I really like having bright text on a dark background. It’s so much easier to read.
- The yellow triangle marks in the gutter of the editfield are for folding the sourcecode. Click them and the associated block will be folded.
Please give jEdit a chance even though it’s written in Java: The thing is extremly feature-loaden and really fast. Trust me!
gnegg 