When I set the font sizes for various components of jEdit, they are not remembered across quit/start of the editor. After I start the editor I have to go to Utilities => Global Options => Appearance and change the size setting of at least one of the fonts. After I set it back to my preferred size, that size is used once again to render Help and File Browser text.

If Lucene search does not work, and you have IllegalAccessException in activity log, add the start option

--add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED

[jEdit Worker #2] [error] IndexImpl: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: class org.apache.lucene.store.MMapDirectory$2$1 cannot access class jdk.internal.ref.Cleaner (in module java.base) because module java.base does not export jdk.internal.ref to unnamed module @41cd6d9b

Hi folks, I am trying to use CtagsInterface plugin in jEdit running on a MacOS machine.
ctags tool was installed using MacPorts and appears to be ok.
CtagsInterface plugin is installed and reports that the ctags is reachable in path ( I wrote the complete path).
Lucene and SuperAbbrevs plugins are also installed.
But ... it is not working.
jEdit version is 5.6 with OpenJDK 15.01.
jEdit is running fine and all plugins are the last versions available at plugin central or mirrors.
CtagsInterface appears to be running but no tag is available for searching.
I did not find any recent complain about it in google. Any clues?

Hello,

I just noticed that my Jedit version (5.5.0) on Ubuntu 18.04 is mangling all spaces ? Any idea? Thanks.

BTW, I tried to find a search box on the site but didn't see any, sorry to ask again if this issue has already been answered.

I have a set of theme files (for instance swingthemes/Color/color1.theme). Where do I have to store them so that I can use them from jEdit?

Never posted here, but been using jEdit for probably 15+ years on linux systems.
Posted similar to this on the 'jedit-users' listserv - not clear whether these forums or the listservs are most appropriate so trying both.

This is on Ubuntu 14.04, which packages openjdk-7-jdk and jEdit 5.1.

On 2018-08-10 there was an upgrade of openjdk-7, specifically to 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2, details here:
https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/trusty/main/updates/openjdk-7-jdk

This openjdk upgrade has broken jEdit - on my xubuntu 14.04 system at least. I was using jEdit as usual before the upgrade. After the upgrade, it fails to fully launch. The splash briefly appears, it runs through some of the launch steps, then vanishes. That's all. Output of running
$ jedit -log=1
...is pasted in below.

I've tried the following, with same results:
- uninstalled (complete purge) and reinstalled 5.1
- clean installs of each of 5.3, 5.2, 5.0, and 4.5.2

So whatever breaks in jEdit vs. the openjdk upgrade, is broken in all of those.
Nothing else I'm aware of in recent OS upgrades would affect jEdit.

I have another system with ubuntu 16.04 on it, which packages openjdk-8 and jEdit 5.3. That is fully updated package-wise and works fine.

Any other ideas for troubleshooting on this 14.04 system welcome.

I imagine upgrading this system to ubuntu 16.04 or higher would fix it but that is not something I can dive into just now...if there's no fix for my particular situation other than that I'll have to live without jEdit for a while.

I don't know if these older jEdit versions are being maintained vs. issues like this. If they are I'll submit a bug.

regards,
John S.


Log output follows...

------------------------------------

$ jedit -log=1
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: When reporting bugs, please include the following information:
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.version=1.7.0_181
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.vm.version=24.181-b01
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.vm.name=OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.runtime.version=1.7.0_181-b01
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.runtime.name=OpenJDK Runtime Environment
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.compiler=null
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: os.name=Linux
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: os.version=3.13.0-155-generic
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: os.arch=amd64
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: user.home=/home/john
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] Log: java.class.path=/usr/share/jedit/jedit.jar
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] jEdit: starting with command line arguments: -log=1
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: An error occurred while connecting to the jEdit server instance.
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: This probably means that jEdit crashed and/or exited abnormally
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: the last time it was run.
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: If you don't know what this means, don't worry.
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong port file format
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: at org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit.main(jEdit.java:310)
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] jEdit: before splash screen activation:107 ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] jEdit: after splash screen activation:306 ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] MiscUtilities: Saving backup of file "/home/john/.jedit/activity.log" to "/home/john/.jedit/settings-backup/activity.log~1~"
2:37:26 PM [main] [notice] jEdit: jEdit version 5.1.0
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] jEdit: Settings directory is /home/john/.jedit
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] jEdit: jEdit home directory is /usr/share/jedit
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: init:39/226ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: init system properties:58/284ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [message] BeanShell: Beanshell Init
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: init beanshell:35/319ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: loading site properties:6/325ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: loading user properties:7/332ms
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] GUIUtilities: Icon theme set to: tango
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] GUIUtilities: Loading icon theme from: jeditresource:/org/gjt/sp/jedit/icons/themes/tango/
2:37:26 PM [main] [debug] SplashScreen: init GUI:9/341ms
$
--------------------

I'm facing a strange behavior with Jedit 5.4.0

If I select some text in jedit, put another App in front of jedit then bring jedit back to the front by clicking on the jedit taskbar icon then Jedit (java process) starts consuming lots of CPU (up to 40% on a 2 core i5 system)
CPU utilization will only go down if I either click into the Jedit window or any of the Menu items.

disabling all Plugins did not help

I'm running Jedit under Win 10, java version "1.8.0_171"

I have been running jEdit 5.3 for about a 1.5 years with no significant problem. On 2017-07-03 I used it and it worked fine. On 2017-07-04, It would not start. jedit and javaw exe's were created, but jEdit window would not display. I uninstalled version 5.3 and tried to install version 5.4 and got this error:
The installer will now try to quit a running instance of jEdit.
Please save your work and exit jEdit for the installation to continue.
The installer hangs up at this point.
I did not have a running instance, but the installer thought that I had one. I am guessing that something went wrong with jEdit when I shutdown on the 3rd. Does anyone know how to tell windows 7 to get rid of this phantom instance of jEdit. I am using a backup version of jEdit 4.5.2 for the time being. So, I can continue with my work. I am guessing that this phantom instance also caused the jEdit 5.3 startup problem that I had before the uninstall.

Ctrl+Alt+J is bound to start jEdit when it is installed (which was pretty surprise by itself and was discovered accidentally). I need this combination for another program, so I went to "Start jEdit" shortcut's properties and reset the "Shortcut key" property to a blank value.
However, the hotkey still remains bound to starting jEdit (which happens when I press the keys), although the property of a shortcut is displayed as a blank value.

How can I get rid of it?

Hi! Jedit version tested: 5.4.0 (compiled from source) Java version: java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 (Debian) I have tried to find any relevant info by googling, but I couldn't find any: * Whenever I run jedit on a single screen, there are no problems, and life is happy and the sun shining. * Whenever I run jedit on a computer using multiple screens, jedit cannot be started, or if it is already started before, and the second screen is attached afterwards, jedit refuses to open any new windows. When refusing to open any window, jedit says: 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-1" 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (0) and height (0) must be non-zero 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at java.awt.image.ReplicateScaleFilter.(ReplicateScaleFilter.java:102) ... 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.createCustomCursor(XToolkit.java:1140) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.TextAreaPainter.addNotify(TextAreaPainter.java:181) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Container.java:2773) ... 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(JComponent.java:4740) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.TextArea.addNotify(TextArea.java:4690) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Container.java:2773) ... 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at java.awt.Window.pack(Window.java:807) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit.newView(jEdit.java:2617) 13:55:29 [AWT-EventQueue-1] [error] AWT-EventQueue-1: at org.gjt.sp.jedit.PerspectiveManager$PerspectiveHandler.endElement(PerspectiveManager.java:363) Which obviously means that when jEdit makes a newView, it obviously triggers a TextArea.addNotify which triggers a TextAreaPainter.addNotify, which somehow delivers a window with a size of 0,0. I'm inclined to hack this in my personal copy of jEdit, if possible. Anyone have an idea why this occurs?

I recently started using a samba share (I don't know what version) being mounted from Windows.

There is probably a slight second delay in the date Samba registers for the file and the date my Windows has, or something like that. But jEdit continuously says that something changed my file, when nothing happened.

Is this a bug with jEdit? Is this expected behaviour?

My system is Windows 10 Pro X64. Yesterday, I did a Java update and now Jedit won't start. I downloaded a new version (so now I have 2: 1 in Program Files and 1 in program files (x86)). Neither one works (jedit.exe). I also tried javaw -jar jedit.jar from a command prompt inside the jedit directory. Same results: no error messages. Program does not show up in Task Manager although when I installed the newest version using the Windows installer it said it would try to stop a running copy (which I couldn't find). The version in progfiles (x86) was installed using the java installer. But if I have a wrong version of java, shouldn't I get an error message of "some" kind?

I have used the FTP plugin for years to work on files remotely and now I get this error when I try to connect: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.jcraft.jsch.Session.setConfig(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V at ftp.SFtpConnection.(SFtpConnection.java:136) at ftp.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:524) at ftp.FtpVFS.getConnection(FtpVFS.java:529) at ftp.FtpVFS._canonPath(FtpVFS.java:199) at org.gjt.sp.jedit.browser.ListDirectoryBrowserTask._run(ListDirectoryBrowserTask.java:73) at org.gjt.sp.util.Task.run(Task.java:64) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) I am using Jedit 5.2 and jdk 8.51. All of this started happening after I upgraded my Mac to Yosemite and had to install Java 6 to keep an older version of Photoshop running. I uninstalled Java 6 after I upgraded my version of photoshop and installed Java 8, but the FTP plugin in Jedit has never worked the same since then and I am going crazy. Please help! Thanks Kristen

It doesn't show up as an application in either 'open with'->'other Applications'

or

'properties->'open with'

Also, I can't browse for it.

Any ideas, please?

I am a linux user and Jedit finds my Edit mode if only I run it as root.

I downloaded sass.xml from here and I put it into /usr/share/jedit/modes directory.
I add the node <MODE NAME="sass" FILE="sass.xml" FILE_NAME_GLOB="*.sass"/> into the file "catalog" inside the same folder.
I did the same into the /home/<user>/.jedit directory.

All plugins into this directory (user directory) works.

The text for the API reference has always been small but after installing 5.1 the text has become microscopic, like spy story microdot small.

How can I enlarge it enough to read?

I have a basic edit mode I'm creating and I want to make words bold when they have asterisks around them. This does it, but I'd rather have it work only if the * is right next to a word. The docs seem to say I can do it this way.

< SPAN TYPE="KEYWORD1" NO_LINE_BREAK="TRUE" AT_WORD_START="TRUE" >
< BEGIN >*< /BEGIN >
< END >*< /END >
< /SPAN >

In other words, I want *this to be bold*
But * this should not be bold *
Right now, both are getting bolded.

Thanks!

I created an edit mode and added an entry for it in the catalog: I can apply the mode manually through the buffer options, but it doesn't get used automatically. the file I want it to work on is a *.txt file. Could my new mode not be working because the txt one is being used?

Hi folks,

I've been using jEdit for a *very long time*. Many thanks
I'm currently having an issue which is repeatable. The text area display is not being refreshed fully as I am editing/moving around a file - typically lines of text aren't refreshed, disappear or are displayed wrong.

For example:

1. Open jEdit. The text area size is approximate 70 lines of text.
2. Select Macros -> Properties -> System Properties.
3. Properties are loaded into buffer. These run to 64 lines on my system.
3. Click on a line > 45.
4. lines of text disappear below line 45. I can still see the gutter numbers. The line I click on is sometimes displayed after a delay.

I've checked the various display property switches for the JVM (opengl, disable 3d etc) and none of these have made a difference. I find it strange that it is the text area only that seems to be affected.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks, Mark

I am using jEdit 5.1.0 (Linux). I have a text file that is generated by a development tool I am using. It has many lines, but it has a couple lines in excess of 4000 characters. If I try to open it with jEdit, jEdit seems to open it, but when I try to scroll down further, it seems to get to the point where the long lines start, then it cant scroll down any further. You basically can't see the file past the point where the long lines start. At least I am able to close the file - it doesnt hang my jedit session. But I cant get the file to scroll to the point where the long lines start, the window just sort of hits a wall at that point.

I get lots of errors like this: (lots of errors with regex in them, although I am not doing any regex searches when this happens so this confuses me)

2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$CharProperty.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Branch.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Loop.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupTail.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$BranchConn.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$CharProperty.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Branch.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Loop.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupTail.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$BranchConn.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$CharProperty.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Branch.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Loop.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupTail.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$BranchConn.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$CharProperty.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Branch.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupHead.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$Loop.match(Unknown Source)
2:18:59 PM [AWT-EventQueue-0] [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: at java.util.regex.Pattern$GroupTail.match(Unknown Source)


Problem seems independent of whether I turn on word wrap.

I would like to be able to open files with very long lines and scroll all the way through them.
Thank you.