The main focus of this release is a new folding engine that should be much more efficient. Not only is folding faster, but general display tasks such as scrolling should be zippier too.

Also, the plugin loader and API has undergone much improvement and debugging -- it is now stable enough to start porting plugins to. Developers, please update your plugins -- users will thank you for the reduced startup time.

There are also a number of new features, such as a kill ring, files in the favorites list, and a new BeanShell release.

Thanks to Carmine

Previously core and plugin bugs were both in the same tracker. Now, I have created a new plugin bug tracker.

jEditLauncher is currently unmaintained and since I don't run Windows there is nothing I can do about it. Can someone at least update the version number shown in Add/Remove Programs? right now it says "jEdit 4.0"! There are many other things that need to be fixed, so it would be nice if it had a maintainer. If the code remains unmaintained it will eventually be removed from the jEdit distribution, so if you like jEditLauncher, please help out!

jEdit 4.2pre1 is now available. Main changes are a new display engine in the text area and an overhauled plugin system, but there is much more. See the change log for a full list. If you are a plugin developer, take a look at the jEdit 4.2 plugin porting guide. Go to #jedit on irc.freenode.net to discuss this release with other users.

More minor changes already implemented include action history, an action bar, improved docking, persistent registers, and improved syntax highlighting. You can test the current code by checking out from the CVS repository. I'm aiming for a 4.2pre1 release in early April. If you have tried the current CVS code, post your feedback below.

If you have blurred text on the vertical tabs or experience freezes (whole system) then you can either download the Mac OS X package again or do the following:

1) Edit the info.plist file located at jEdit/jEdit.app/Contents/info.plist

2) Insert this after line 75:
com.apple.hwaccel
false

Yes, it's finally out. Everyone using 4.0 should upgrade; this release has significant improvements in functionality, performance, and usability. Read the full announcement!

What aspects of jEdit do you find most lacking performance-wise? Any particular editing commands or plugins that are too slow? Any specific configurations and cases where jEdit's text area lags?

jEdit 4.1pre11 is now available. This will be the last release before 4.1final, which will be out in the middle of next week.

Slashdot has a story in its developers' section about a linuxworld comparison of 3 Java-based editors running on linux.

Its Valentine's day, and the text editor you all love now has been updated. jEdit 4.1pre10 features improved plugin development documentation and a number of bug fixes. If you are still using jEdit 4.0, please test this version.

I've uploaded Debian Linux packages of jEdit. So you can just add following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/jedit ./
deb-src http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/jedit ./

... and run:

apt-get install jedit

to install the latest jEdit package.

jEdit 4.1pre9 is now available. This release features improved syntax highlighting and a whole heap of bug fixes. If you're still using jEdit 4.0, please give 4.1 a go and report any problems you find so it can be ultra-stable by the time it gets to 4.1final.

This package is built against j2sdk1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) taken from Blackbox Java. They work fine for me but remember: use at your own risk.

jEdit 4.1pre7 is now available. This release features some minor improvements, performance enhancements, and a lot of bug fixes.

I just wondered whether it was possible (or even reasonable) to consider using jEdit or parts of it as a Swing component to be integrated in applications.

Slava says: look at syntax.jedit.org.

I am new member of JEdit commuity and using JBuilder I noticed that with JEdit it is not possible to create GUI like JBuilder does.
Would that not be a good idea ?

In other news, my computer has finally arrived in Canada (it was shipped by sea... then it got delayed...) and now I'm waiting for customs clearance. So very soon now, jEdit developement will once again resume at the frantic pace you all got used to at the start of the year.

From reading the jEdit 4.1 feature suggestions article, it seems the majority of suggested features are already in jEdit (wheel mouse scroll, word wrap, saving files in a background thread, window docking, ...). This suggests that users are having a hard time finding out about jEdit's feature set; what can be done to make the learning curve easier?

jEdit 4.1pre5 is now available. This release has new and updated syntax highlighting modes, the frequently-requested "unsplit current" command, and a number of other improvements and fixes.