A new batch of plugin updates is out at http://plugins.jedit.org/. Thanks to Ollie Rutherfurd for packaging the plugins, and Dirk Möbius, Jiger Patel, Matthieu Casanova, and Lee Turner for submitting plugins! You can look at the recent updates.

jEdit 4.3pre1 is now available. Check out the change log.

Ollie Rutherfurd and Jeffrey Hoyt have very kindly packaged a new batch of plugins. Detailed list of updates. Thanks to the following people who submitted plugins to this batch: Alexander Klimetschek, Andy Streich, Igor Lesik, Jean-Yves Mengant, Jiger Patel, Matthieu Casanova, Matt Etheridge, Nathan Jones, Paul Russell, Robert McKinnon, Rudi Widmann, Steve Jakob. Sorry to anybody who I missed from that list. Keep those plugin updates coming!

jEdit is not just for programmers; Randall Wood is using it to write a book.

There were some errors in the original Mac OS X package, including an old Mac OS Plugin. You can find the new version on the downloads page. If the file you have downloaded is jedit42.dmg (3437443 bytes), then you do not need to worry about downloading it again.

jEdit 4.2final is now available. Major changes since jEdit 4.1. If you're upgrading from jEdit 4.1, remove all plugins, and reinstall them.

jEdit 4.2pre15 is now available. This will be the last pre-release before 4.2final. Please report bugs!

I have started an effort to formalize the quality assurance methodology of jEdit. If you'de like to help out, surf your way over to the Quality Assurance Overview.

jEdit 4.2pre14 is now available. This release fixes a number of bugs.

jEdit 4.2pre13 is now available for download. This release fixes the infamous ClassCastException on startup, as well as a number of other bugs.

jEdit 4.2pre12 is now available download. This is mostly a bug fix release, with a few updated syntax highlighting modes.

The afternoon, I released a batch of 25 plugins to Plugin Central. The packaging of this release was done once again by Slava Pestov and Ollie Rutherfurd.

• Activator 1.0.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre8, CommonControl 0.8.2, and JDK 1.5
• AntelopePlugin 3.0.1: updated for Ant 1.6 and jEdit 4.2; requires jEdit 4.2pre1, Console 3.3, ErrorList 1.2.2, and JDK 1.4
• Archive 0.4: uses jEdit 4.2 deferred loading API; permits writing into archives; requires jEdit 4.2 and JDK 1.3
• BufferTabs 0.8.1: updated for jEdit 4.2 plugin API; new colored tabs; ability to close a buffer with the middle mouse button; requires jEdit 4.2pre1 and JDK 1.4
• ColumnRuler 0.9.1: fixed some small visual bugs; minor enhancements; javadocs; requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• CommonControls 0.8.2: added what was going to be Widgets to CommonControls (Brad Mace); requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• DBTerminal 0.1.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre8, CommonControls 0.8.2, and JDK 1.4
• FastOpen 1.0: upgraded to jEdit 4.2 API; FastOpen search pattern textbox now has the default focus (in case FastOpen is docked); FastOpen now adds the ability to open files from the "Recent Files" list also; requires jEdit 4.2pre1, ProjectViewer 2.3 (Optional), and JDK 1.3
• GfxView 1.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre9 and JDK 1.3
• JavaCore 0.6: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre5, JakartaCommons 0.3, and JDK 1.3
• JavaFold 0.2: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre1 and JDK 1.3
• JBrowse 1.4.5: updated for jEdit 4.2 plugin API; requires jEdit 4.2pre9 and JDK 1.4
• JCounter 0.5.1: updated for the new plugin API and ProjectViewer 2.0.2; requires jEdit 4.2pre8, ProjectViewer 2.0.2, CommonControls 0.8.2, and JDK 1.4
• JPyDebug 0.5: provide a python syntax tree using JEdit sidekick; checking python source syntax on Save JEdit event; V4.2 Dynamic Loading compliant; documentation enhancements; many other bug fixes and enhancements; requires jEdit 4.2pre1, SideKick 0.3, XML 0.8, and JDK 1.3; requires separate installation of Python 2.2.1
• JSwatPlugin 1.5.3: significantly improved by Dirk Moebius; faster start up; more configurable; reads source files inside archives (with Archive plugin); fixes breakpoint indicator problems; requires jEdit 4.1 (not 4.2) and JDK 1.4
• JTools 1.6: uses JavaCore for classpath management; improved the Extend Wizard; fixed a few minor bugs; requires jEdit 4.2pre5, CommonControls 0.8, ErrorList 1.3, JakartaCommons 0.3, JavaCore 0.6, and JDK 1.3
• JUnitPlugin 0.0.3: updated for jEdit 4.2 plugin API; requires jEdit 4.2pre8, CommonControls 0.2, and JDK 1.3
• LaTeXTools 0.5.1: changed properties to avoid conflect with jEdit core option panels; requires jEdit 4.2pre6, Console 3.7, SideKick 0.2, and JDK 1.3
• Lazy8Ledger 2.13: added CSV export/import; added SIE (Standard Import Export (Swedish standard)) export and import; all reports are redone to a high quality output with PDF, CSV, HTML and Excel file output as well; a graphics module with bar,line, and pie diagrams; easier searching the database for the records you want; requires jEdit 4.1 (not 4.2), BufferTabs 0.7.6, InfoViewer 1.1, and JDK 1.4
• LogViewer 0.2: updated for jEdit 4.2 plugin API; added several new features: word wrap, find, tail, horizontal scroll lock; requiers jEdit 4.2 and JDK 1.4
• OpenIt 1.05: added "Ignore Case" functionality to regular expression exclusion filters (this may be helpful for Windows users - thanks Esteban!); requires jEdit 4.1 and JDK 1.4
• PerlBrowse 0.3: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.1 and JDK 1.4
• Rename 1.0.1: fixed bug where options wouldn't save if !table.isEditing(); requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• SQL 0.98: updated for jEdit 4.2; requires jEdit 4.2pre6 and JDK 1.4
• XInsert 1.9: updated to fix loading problems with jEdit 4.2; requires jEdit 4.2pre1 and JDK 1.3

jEdit 4.2pre11 is now available for download.

This release fixes a show-stopper bug in pre10. The JAR file included in
the installer was not completely up-to-date, and it had a property file
lossage bug.

jEdit 4.2pre10 is now available for download. This release features a large number of bug fixes, several new and updated macros, and improved documentation. jEdit 4.2final is getting closer, so report those bugs, and come say hi on irc.freenode.net #jedit with the IRC plugin! A full changelog is available.

In VHDL, a single apostrophe ' is used in the following case: 'event where can be any predifined signal (its like a variable). The bug is of course that the VHD highlighter thinks this is a single quote opeing a string, thus highlighting the rest of the line.

An easy rule would be to just check for the word "event" after a single quote. Here is the required update for vhd.xml - the following should replace the single quote span:
<SPAN_REGEXP HASH_CHAR="'" NO_LINE_BREAK="TRUE" TYPE="LITERAL1">
<BEGIN>(?!'event)</BEGIN>
<END>'</END>
</SPAN_REGEXP>

Screenshot of current error

Pieter Kapsenberg

If you're thinking of upgrading to jEdit 4.2, be sure to check the jEdit 4.2 plugin status page. If you're a plugin developer and have updated your plugin for the jEdit 4.2 dynamic loading API, please update this page!

This morning, I have updated the Plugin Central database with the latest batch of plugin releases. This batch has once again been packaged and prepared for release by Oliver Rutherfurd and Slava Pestov. It consists of an even dozen of this year's hottest new plugins.

• ActionHooks 0.5: plugins can add support for custom EditBus messages; fixed plugin reloading bug; requires jEdit 4.2pre3 and JDK 1.3
• ColumnRuler 0.9.0: (0.8.0 changes) this release adds line guides, a tab indicator, the number of selected characters, allows the plugin to be active by default, and makes it all more configurable; requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• CommentFolder 1.0.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• Console 3.7.1: added commando panel for Hugs98 compiler; bug fixes; requires jEdit 4.2pre8, ErrorList 1.3.1, and JDK 1.3
• ErrorList 1.3.2: new icons; bug fixes; requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.3
• FindFile 0.4: bug fix release; no functional changes; requires jEdit 4.2pre6 and JDK 1.4
• HeadlinePlugin 1.1.2: changed default feed list to include updated jEdit community RSS feed; automatically scrolls titles to keep active story in view when using keyboard; requires jEdit 4.2pre1, InfoViewer 1.0, and JDK 1.4
• LaTeXTools 0.5: now uses the jEdit 4.2 API; improved BibTeX and Label Navigators now take into account the file import structure; compilation commands integrate with Console plugin; image browser to look at the images in your document; various navigability improvements and utility commands; extended default.nav (Thanks to Stephan Kost for this); new icon types: table, list, verbatim; requires jEdit 4.2pre6, Console 3.7, SideKick 0.2, and JDK 1.3
• MacroManager 1.2: can now choose an arbitrary directory to download macros to; properly handles new XML feed from community.jedit.org; requires jEdit 4.0final and JDK 1.3
• Rename 1.0.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre8 and JDK 1.4
• RETest 1.0.3: uses defered loading in jEdit 4.2; requires jEdit 3.2pre5 and JDK 1.1
• ShortcutSaver 1.0: initial Plugin Central release; requires jEdit 4.2pre6, CommonControls 0.8, and JDK 1.3

jEdit 4.2pre9 is now available. I expect to have a couple more pre-releases, then 4.2final -- so send in your bug reports, and come by #jedit on irc.FreeNode.net to say hi.

There have been many plugins submitted to this site, and even a few only mentioned on the mailing lists, that have never been released on Plugin Central. Some are hacked versions of existing plugins, some are completely new. We'd like to encourage all of you to release your plugins on Plugin Central so they are more available to the community. Installing and updating plugins through the plugin manager is just plain easier than downloading them here.

We'd also like to see your improvements make it back into the cvs repository. Slava and Mike will be happy to add anyone to the project who wants to work on a plugin.

If you're hacking an unmaintained plugin (see Plugin Maintainers), you can take it over, or just add your improvements and do a single release. If you're hacking a maintained plugin, talk to the current maintainer. They're usually happy to accept contributions.