jEdit is an open-source application that allows users to edit, modify and write texts. Being developed in the Java language, this program runs on most of the operating systems including Windows, Mac and UNIX operating systems, to mention just a few.
One of the main advantages of using jEdit is that it includes a Plug-in managing feature. This feature is useful as it enables users to open a wide range of plug-ins within this program. To have access to this option, users have to click on the “Plugins” menu and then open the “Plugin Manager” section. Also this utility offers support for multiple macros languages. In other words, users are given the possibility to record, load or repeat certain script lines written in the macros language. In addition to all these, jEdit comes with numerous encoding formats, such as Cp1252, IBM437, IBM775, IBM 886, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-13, ISO-8859-15, etc.
Another useful thing about this application is that it includes several text management features, like “Word Count”, “Expand Abbreviation”, “Complete Word”, “Format Paragraph”, “Join Lines”, and so on. All these setting options are available in the “Edit” menu.
Finally, to sum it all up, jEdit is an efficient tool for text editing and word processing. By default, this program comes with plenty of setting options, which makes it highly-customizable. In other words, by utilizing this piece of software, users are able to create complex projects in just an instance.
v5.5
Bug Fixes:
- Fix and cleanup various localization properties (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Make the Display_Shortcuts.bsh macro work properly (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Do not manipulate filename when opening a probably backup file but let the user choose what to do as intended (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Fix jEdit backup filename recognition (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Do not use translated strings to match log lines within activity.log in Make_Bug_Report.bsh (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Support Java 9 and newer in the Windows EXE launcher (Bug #4064 - Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Fix splash screen progress call count not being equal in all code branches / parameter combinations (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Fix splash screen progress count, so that the progress bar finally reaches the right end (Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Fix a bug preventing jEdit from loading when a buffer has an invalid selection and is loaded in two edit panes (Matthieu Casanova).
- RegisterViewer editable contentPane fixed (Patch #598, Jesse Pavel).
- Command line behavior for line fixed (Patch #590 - Wim West).
- Autosave Untitled Buffers is now persistent across sessions (Feature Request #501, Patch #596, Patch #614, Fix Bug #4059 - Hrotkó Gábor).
- Fixed a number of bugs in the new jEdit printing system (Dale Anson).
- Add missing local properties to Insert_Buffer_Properties macro (Patch #599 - Jesse Pavel).
- Fixed an issue with the activity log viewer so that setting the number of lines in the log actually works. (Dale Anson).
- Fix for bug #3971, exception trying to set WM_CLASS. (Dale Anson).
- Fix for bug #4047, illegal reflective access operation with Java 9..
- Fix Bug #4011, The Cut Lines macro gives exception if the cursor is beyond text area.
- Fix for bug #541, let ESC key close the print dialog. (Dale Anson).
UI Improvements:
- Consistently use lowercase status bar indicators for disabled settings.
- Allow specification of fallback font sizes (Patch #569, Rafal Kolanski).
- Show tooltips in ShortcutOptionPane table (FR# 538, Roman Tsourick).
- FSB: Disable first column dragging (Patch# 603, Roman Tsourick).
- FSB: Sorting icon not following header when moving.
Miscellaneous:
- FR #506, FR #536: Autosaves are now saved to the Autosave directory, if specified.
- FR #175: Saving and backup option, "Never Mark Untitled Buffers Dirty" changed name and behavior to "Close Dirty Untitled buffers without confirmation".
- Patch #612, fr #518: buffer lock (Roman Tsourick).
- Enhancements of russian localization (Roman Tsourick).
Editing:
- Shipped JavaDocs are now working properly if viewed with a browser as JavaScript parts are no longer stripped off, just the noscript tags that inform about disabled JavaScript are removed. ((Björn "Vampire" Kautler).
- Patch #607: C and C mode updates (Roman Tsourick).
- Patch #613: javascript mode update (up to ES 2017) (Roman Tsourick).
- Patch #608, bug #2106: PHP mode "//" comment syntax highlighting is incorrect (Roman Tsourick).
- Patch #609, bug #2194: ASP Syntax highlight bug w/comment (Roman Tsourick).
- Patch #610, bug #4054: hash comment highlighting in mysql mode (Roman Tsourick).
- Patch #611, bug #3249: assembler-x86 comment directive (Roman Tsourick).
- nsis2 mode updates (Uwe Stöhr - Patch #606).
- Draw2d mode updates (A.Vontobel - Patch #605).
- Add Gherkin mode (english) to support Cucumber feature files (Matthieu Casanova).
- Patch #593 - Various small patches to modes (AdamS).
- Patch #592 - for groovy mode (Egor Abramovich).
- Patch #595 - New Assembly-arm32 edit mode (M. Cesar R. Lacruz).
- Updated java-module-info mode (Dale Anson).
