jEdit

jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java. It uses the Swing toolkit for the GUI and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture.

Features

Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, Unix, VMS and Windows.
Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture.
Hundreds of plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the plugin manager feature.
Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 200 languages.
Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
Word wrap.
Highly configurable and customizable.
See http://www.jedit.org/?page=features for more ...

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Awards

Oct 2010

Languages

Chinese (Simplified), Czech, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Java Swing

Programming Language

Java

Related Categories

Java Text Editors, Java Software Development Software, Java Web Development Software, Java Code Editors

Registered

1999-12-06

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