Thanks drefty - this has proved useful!

I'm a bit out of my comfort zone here, so apologize for my lack of knowledge....

Do you know where I can find a web-based API reference for objects such as 'File'? Is it part of some conventional Java object?

Thanks!

Hi Paul,
Yes, File is part of standard Java, or the Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE).

You can find the JavaDocs here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/

Here's a link specifically to the File class:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html

If you're a programmer, most of that should make sense. If you're not, mainly focus on the "Method Summary". You can use any of those methods after you have a File object.

Hope that helps.

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If you look on the links sprinkled on community.jedit.org you will see one that points to the jEdit 4.2 API. This has extensive documentation on the internals of jEdit. If you are not familiar with Java programming, however, this may look pretty daunting.

Some might say it takes a bit of effort just to learn how to read and get used to the API docs.

An alternate approach would be to simply find jEdit macros wherever you can and read the source code for ideas, or search on a website such as Google Code Search. If you are really fortunate, some human being near you knows jEdit and is willing to help you learn these aspects with live person-to-person help.