I recently started to use jEdit, and I needed the same functionality (i.e. repeat macro until the end of file). Though the original posting is 17 years old, I still could not find a posted solution, so I came up with this solution below. You need to add the code that you want to repeat, and you need to be careful not to create an infinite loop.


while (textArea.getCaretPosition() != textArea.getBufferLength()) {
    // Include the code you want to repeat here:

}



Using Dave's example, the macro for his purpose should look like this:



while (textArea.getCaretPosition() != textArea.getBufferLength()) {
    // Include the code you want to repeat here:
    textArea.goToNextLine(false);
    textArea.goToNextLine(false);
    textArea.backspace();

}



I hope this solution will still be useful for jEdit users.

István