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Introduction to jEdit's Source Code

jEdit's main class is %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit}%. It's the starting point for getting a hold of various components and changing preferences. Like most of the jEdit code that new developers will want to find, it's in the org.gjt.sp.jedit package.

Each window in jEdit is an instance of the %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.View}% class. Each text area you see in a View is an instance of %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.JEditTextArea}%, each of which is contained in its own %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.EditPane}%. Files are represented by the %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.Buffer}% class.

If you want to print out debugging or error messages to the activity log, use the %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.util.Log}% class.

If you're writing a plugin that listens to Edit Bus? messages, its main class will have to extend %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.EBPlugin}% so that it will receive subclasses of %JAVADOC{jEdit:org.gjt.sp.jedit.EBMessage}% which are contained in the org.gjt.sp.jedit.msg package.

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