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How does jEdit compare to Vim?
Submitted by aaron.m on Thursday, 20 September, 2007 - 14:28
I just stumbled across jEdit yesterday, and it looks promising, but I have a few issues:

1. How do you save editing sessions? Let's say I have 10 buffers open, with different screen arrangements, etc. How do I save all of that so I don't have to re-load buffers and re-position the panes? I'm not trying to start a flame-war, but Vim does this easily.

2. Again, a comparison to Vim, but how do I easily resize all panes to be of equal size?

3. What about tabs for organizing your editing views?

I know someone's going to say, "Well, if you like Vim that much, just use it." And I do. But I like what I see of jEdit so far, and want to give it a chance.
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I have tried Vim/Cream, now e
by Redoute on Thu, 20/09/2007 - 19:05
I have tried Vim/Cream, now evaluating jEdit (and probably will check Scintilla and co some day). The good thing is: all three are free software, very powerful and available for Windows, Gnome etc.

jEdit is highly extensible with plugins, which are very easy to install and configure. For 1. try the Sessions or the Project Viewer plugin, for 3. the BufferTabs plugin.

2. I think it should be possible to write a BeanShell macro that arranges panes.
 
As it so often happens, I fou
by aaron.m on Thu, 20/09/2007 - 21:53
As it so often happens, I found some useful information _after_ I posted. I did find a few useful plugins - though I'm having some difficulty with a couple of them - and have, in fact, tried out the Project Viewer and BufferTabs plugins. They're not exact replacements for Vim's capabilities, but they'll serve. Thanks for the input.
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