Look here:
http://community.jedit.org/?q=filestore/browse/27

for:
White Space Plugin - Hacked (whitespace.zip v0.9.2 (inc by NathanJones)

The doc is divided between .app items, and misc items. If you drap a jar file to the right side of the vertical divider, on the side with the trash icon, it will stick.

You can use the jEdit.app from one of the previous versions. The Application Package of jEdit is referencing the jedit.jar outside of the package. So just copy the .app into your pre13 installation root.

I am launching jEdit 4.13 from the dock - what do i need to edit to cause jedit to run with a larger RAM allotment?

In the jEdit help files it is stated:
"One solution that often works is to set or increase the allocation of memory to the heap for Java objects created by the Java Virtual Machine in which jEdit is running. Add the command line option -mxXXm to the options passed to the version of the Java application loader you are using (such as java, java.exe or javaw.exe). In place of the XX in the option, use a multiple of 16 between 32 and 128. If you already are using the option, increase the numeric portion of the -mxXXm parameter in increments of 16. Many users have good results using 48 or 64, but you should try different values for the best result on your installation."

...how do i apply this to OS X? I tried some edits to info.plist within the package, but i must have got the syntax wrong because jedit would no longer launch.

- Rhett

You want to edit info.plist in the package contents directory.

Add another sibling under the Java element.

Property: VMOptions
Class: String
Value: -Xms768m -Xmx1024m

The accepted values for the -Xms (startup) and -Xmx (maximum) memory
allotments are documented by Apple. Can't seem to find the bookmark at
the moment. The above values set to 768MB startup and 1024MB (=1GB)
maximum RAM for jEdit. I've lots of RAM, you may want to set the values
lower. I don't recall the multiples in which they must be assigned, check
the Apple docs.

Got me initially, too. The jEdit docs aren't very helpful in this regard ...

Hope it helps.

That worked great Thanks.

it worked here too! thanks!

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