Ok everybody, this is the 4.0final "release candidate". You know the drill: download it, test it, and report the bugs. 4.0final will follow very soon after this.

• BufferSelector 1.0.5: updated for the jEdit 4.0 Toolbar API; requires jEdit 4.0pre7 and JDK 1.3
  
  
• ErrorList 1.2.2: fixed possible NullPointerException under Java 2 version 1.4; error highlight didn't work properly when soft wrap was enabled; if the "show on error" feature is enabled, the error list will now open in the currently focused view, not the most recently opened view as before; requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.3
  
  
• LookAndFeel 0.8: option pane to switch between Skin, Oyoaha, and Kunststoff look and feel implementations; attempts to install look and feel without restart; updated documentation to use DocBook; added help for new look and feels implementations; requires jEdit 3.1 and JDK 1.2

jEdit 4.0pre7 is now available for download. 4.0pre8 will be a "release candidate", and 4.0final will follow soon after.

I'm pretty confident this release is very stable, in fact it should be more stable than 3.2 was. So I encourage as many people as possible to download and test it; if you're still using 3.2, give this release a shot, I think you'll like it very much.

Today, I uploaded a new version of Ken Drew's Tags plugin to Plugin Central. This release has a few bug fixes and is for jEdit 4.0 only.

• Tags 1.0.6: fixed a bug where the character escape character '' was in the user visible search string; fixed a bug where the tag collision popup would show up in the wrong place when folding or wrapping text; requires jEdit 4.0pre1 and JDK 1.3

• Background 0.2: new plugin by Andr Kaplan; Background lets you configure a background image for the main jEdit text area; Background also features some basic blend options ("tinted glass" effect); requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.3



• ClassWizard 0.5: licenses now stored outside classwizard.properties in their own files; can configure items to show in the extends combo; fixed jEdit4 compatibility problem; requires jEdit 4.0pre1 and JDK 1.3



• Debugger 0.6.1: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.0pre6, Console 3.0, and JDK 1.3 (not a JRE)

• JythonInterpreter 0.8: updated to jEdit 4.0.6 and uses the new Macro Handler API (Mike Dillon); removed custom namespace to ensure macro compability; added option to autoload all plugins' jars; added export session; added the BufferList class to make a jEdit Buffer act like a Python list; removed deprecated functions; requires jEdit 4.0pre6 and JDK 1.3; includes Jython 2.1



• Templates 2.0.0: compatible with jEdit 4.0 API's; selection of Templates menu items can now be recorded in macros (as requested by Richard Wan); requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.3

jEdit 4.0pre6 is now available from the jEdit web site. Go download it, and post feedback in the usual places.

Java 2 version 1.4 has been released. Go download it from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/.

I have redesigned the jEdit web site, thanks to Ollie Rutherfurd who submitted a mockup! Tell me what you think of the new look.

jEdit 4.0pre5 is now available. The main focus of this release is stability. If you encountered problems with earlier 4.0 pre-releases, please give pre5 a go, and post your comments either in this article, on the mailing lists, or in the #jedit IRC channel on irc.openprojects.net.