It creates an extra copy of the files I open that are prepended with a ~ i.e. ~myFile.file. I would like to turn this off if possible.

I remember reading somewhere in the jEdit documentation that there's a problem with getting input from a Java, if the program attempts to read from System.in (i.e., from std input / console input). I can confirm that this is the case, using jEdit (4.1final) / the Console (3.5) plugin on WinXP Pro . The program halts w/ an unhandled exception since it can't read input.

My question is: are there plans to fix this (any time soon)?
Related questions: Is it possible to fix this (i.e., there's nothing in the architecture that will prevent this from eventually working)? If it's not too hard to fix, and someone would be willing to give this newbie a couple of pointers as to where to look, I'd be happy to try fixing it myself.

Some semi-related background: I'd like to use jEdit in a class on Java that I'm teaching at a community college. The students will need to be able to do I/O, and I want to avoid any command line magic (it's "Intro to programming for people who have never programmed before, most of whom have never seen a command prompt before" )

Thanks!
--Mike

Hello, I use jEdit with great success on my Creative Muvo memory stick (128MB). I hoping someone could give me a quick way to point jEdit's backup directory to a directory on the memory stick, regardless of the drive path (as the usb stick can PnP with any PC/drive letter). So I have created a valid backup path like: :files\japps\jedit\workbkups and I essentially want to have jEdit see "${JEDIT_HOME}\workbups" as the backup path to send all backups there... but I can't figure out how to do it....is there a simple beanshell script someone can offer to load at runtime to set the parameter, or some other solution? thnx, jEdit is very cool. technx

Is there a way to select text between spaces? (e.g. selecting a complete url http://www.sun.com )

I know there are commands to "select to start of white space" and "select to end of white space" but they will not work together in multiple selection mode.

I like to put cursor anywhere on the url and be able to select the complete url. Is it possible? Combination of steps are fine since I will be recording a macro for the whole process.

Is there a way to make the url in my text file (e.g. http://www.sun.com) into a hyper link so I can just click on it and have it open in a browser instead of copying the url as I have to do now? Don't know if this is possible.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... I can get Indent folding mode to work but not Explicit. Would someone please give me detailed instructions for setting/using Explicit folding?

Many thanks,
Doug

I have instaled Jedit. Now I try to open or save a file but the editor gives me the same message as follows: "Unsuported Encoding exeption: ISO8859_2 . Only ASCII and UTF-8 ecnodings work.
My operating system is windows XP Czech location. Normaly I use cp1250 or ISO8859_2 encoding.
Do you have any idea how to repair this problem?
Thanks

I use jedit 4.1 final. I recently installed the XSLT plugin, but the plugin UI doesn't show widgets for selecting the xsl file or for specifying stylesheet parameters. That area is filled with a hatch pattern. I've tried reinstalling the plugin, and uninstall/reinstall jedit entirely, but still no go. ANy ideas?

Thanx

Is there any way to prevent JEdit from resolving symlinks ?

Our source control system works by creating symlinks links into a hash directory structure.

So when you try to edit
/source/project_x/foo.c

you see something like
/db/213445/234234/2453425.data

This means that the syntax highlighting doesn't get
enabled automatically. Also, the current working directory is set to the source db which makes it difficult to run make.

Hi! I would like to create a keyboard shortcut to change word wrap mode. I couldn't come up with any way to do this. Maybe I could make a macro that change word wrap mode (or does this exist?), and then bind a key to this macro. How do I change word wrap mode from bean shell?
Any help with this topic would be mush appreciated, thanks!
Spookyy

Is there a way to wrap lines at a particular column or the window border? I mean wrapping at the column regardless of whitespace, as opposed to word wrapping which only wraps when there is a whitespace break.

Word wrapping is nice for text and coding, but it's not useful for reading log files with long lines that have no whitespace.

Thanks.

I used to be able to set the default line seperator (\n, \r, \r\n) for all buffers in jEdit 4.2pre8. This was great since, I really prefer using the line feed character of *nix as opposed to the carriage return + line feed of DOS/Windows. Unfortunately, this seems to be missing in pre9. Is there a quick and dirty 'fix' for this?

Hello Everyone,

I have a simple test that has the following code in a method

assertEquals( "hello", "hello 34534" );

This obviously fails. JUnit says it succeeds and I have println's everywhere but nothing is being output to the console.

What do I need to do ?

Thanks,

Joyce Stack

Hi,

I took a quick look through the documentation but couldn't find anything relevant. My apologies if this is clearly addressed somewhere.

jEdit is fantastic, but there is one "feature" which annoys me. Occasionally I like to create multiple views (via the "New View" button) for different files I'm editing at the same time. However, whenever I open a new file it updates the current buffer in *each* view to reflect that new file. I then have to switch back to the correct file I was editing in each view. Is there a way I can tell jEdit NOT to switch the current buffer when opening a new file for a particular instance of a view?

Hopefully what I'm asking is clear. Thanks for any help.

I'm having trouble writing a macro that repeats to the end of file. I want the curser to move down 2 lines, then delete, then move down 2 lines, then delete, repeatedly until the end of file is reached.

I wrote the macro that moves down 2 lines and deletes and tried repeating using C+Enter, but if you give it a number that goes past the end of file it starts deleting lines that I don't want deleted.

There's got to be a way to do this. Anyone know?
dave

Another question regarding using jEdit as an HTML/PHP/ECMAScript/CSS editor:

One great time saver in BBEdit/HomeSite/HTMLKit/etc. is the ability to get the dimensions of an image from within the app. While this isn't really something I would expect as core functionality, I'm surprised I can't find a macro or plugin to do this.

Is this something that's not possible? Or have I just not dug far enough into BeanShell to figure out?

TIA

Apologies if this is an obvious question, but the answer isn't apparent from the online docs:

I switch back and forth between Mac and Windows regularly, and am evaluating jEdit as a replacement for HTMLKit & BBEdit so I don't have to remember two sets of preferences, shortcuts, etc.

One of the features both ot those apps have is multi-line input for find/replace. That is, a largeish text box that allows one to input multiple lines of text for both the search and replacement strings. jEdit doesn't seem to offer this feature. In fact, from the documentation (and my experimentation), it doesn't seem jEdit allows one to search for a multi-line string at all.

Am I missing something, or does jEdit really not handle multi-line replacements?

TIA

I recently started using jEdit on Windows platform. I like it a lot but there is one feature that I don't like and I was wondering if there is a way to do this.

On most Windows apps, File Open dialog has a "File Name" field that I can type the exact name of the file or do a wild card search. jEdit seems to expect user to type in the exact name or use "Filter" field to do wild card search. It is more convenient to be able to do both from the same field because sometime you don't remember (or don't want to type) long file names.

Is there a way to do this in jEdit?

Thanks.

has anyone tried compiling jedit using gcj ?
K.Shyam

I am very new to jEdit and I am trying to set up my initial environment.

I hope to use jEdit to write/edit short text programs for a proprietary extension of a CAD application. The syntax of these files are somewhat similar to Fortran, with some exceptions.

I am trying to select a edit mode that will allow for syntax highlighting. Since text mode will not show highlighting, I have selected Fortran. This mode seems to distiguish comments but nothing else.

Is there a resource I could use for selecting the best edit mode to allow for syntax highlighting? Or can a syntax standard be created for use in jEdit?

Some examples of the syntax:
---------------------------------
! used for comments in the programs

! first if end statement
IF_1
...
END_IF_1

! second if end statement
IF_2
...
END_IF_2

SEARCH_MDL_REF !typical reference call but a variable is added
USER_SELECT !typical user input
...
etc.
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