1. jEdit

2.
jEdit is a free, open-source application that can be downloaded from this website.
It can be used for many kinds of documents including:
HTML
XML
ReST
Plain text
- and for formatting text to paste into wiki pages, Excel sheets, etc.

3. Useful Features
Note – jEdit uses the term “buffer” instead of document or file (so 3 open text files would be 3 open buffers)

4. The Tip of the Day can be a useful way to find new shortcuts and options.

5. Icons from left to right:
New document
Open
Save
Close
Print
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Find
Find next
New window
Collapse all splits
Split the window vertically
Split the window horizontally
Buffer options
Global options
Plugin manager
Help

6. jEdit automatically highlights formatting for some kinds of text
jEdit automatically highlights formatting for some kinds of text. In this example, the texts are (clockwise, starting from the upper-left corner):
xml – Extensible Markup Language
html – Hyper-Text Markup Language
Text – plain text
ReST – ReStructured Text
Note: text colors can be changed under Utilities > Global Options > Syntax Highlighting

7. There are three different ways of selecting text in jEdit:
The upper-left text shows a regular selection.
The lower-left text shows a “multiple selection” which can be toggled using Ctrl + \ or by going to Edit > More Selection
The right text shows a “rectangular selection” which can be toggled using Alt+ \ or by going to Edit > More Selection
Selecting texts in blocks is particularly useful for editing text with wiki formatting or to change blocks of text from an Excel spreadsheet.

8. Regular copy and paste Ctrl + c Ctrl + v
jEdit has several ways to copy/cut and paste text:
Ordinary copy and paste works, using the icons in the menu, the Edit menu, or Ctrl + x (cut), Ctrl +c (copy), and Ctrl + v (paste)

9. 2. Saved list: Ctrl + e + v Saved copy and paste
jEdit automatically saves the last 20 things you have cut or copied and can be accessed using Ctrl + e + v.
You can change the number of items it saves in the list by going to Utilities > Global Options > Appearance and then changing the number of “History text field entries to remember”

10. 3. Register copy and paste
Ctrl + r + c x
Ctrl + r + v x
3. Registers
Registers allow you to copy text you’ll use often and ‘name’ the register (clipboard). Use Ctrl + r + c x (where x is the letter you’ve chosen to name the register). So you could name something “g” and use Ctrl + r + c g. To paste it, use Ctrl + r + v x (inserting the name of the register for ‘x’).

11. Word-wrap Line numbers Customize shortcuts
Global Options
Word-wrap
Line numbers
Customize shortcuts
Global options affect every open buffer and every new buffer that you open. They can be found under Utilities > Global Options.

12. This slide shows the Global Options menu; some useful customizations are:
Appearance – change the number of “History text field entries to remember”
Editing – change whether or not word wrapping is on and change how wide the margin is when it wraps (this is useful for writing web page texts or other documents that have a limit on the character width of the text)
Gutter – add/remove line numbers to the gutter
Shortcuts – add/change shortcuts for things you use often including toggle word-wrap and the “Buffer Switcher” (see later slides)
View – change the number of files immediately visible in the buffer-switcher drop-down menu under the toolbar

13. Toggle Word-Wrap Buffer Switcher
Useful shortcuts:
Toggle Word-Wrap
Buffer Switcher
You have the option to edit existing shortcuts or add new ones in the Global Options. I have added shortcuts to toggle word-wrapping and open the “Buffer Switcher” menu window.

14. This is what the Buffer-Switcher looks like if you add in the shortcut
This is what the Buffer-Switcher looks like if you add in the shortcut. The buffer switcher has options to view or close open buffers as well as changing to a different one. It lists all open buffers alphabetically (instead of by most recent the way that the drop-down menu does) and includes the file path.
Note: This window is listed under “Buffer Switcher” not “Show Buffer Switcher” which opens the drop-down menu under the toolbar.

15. Navigation Shortcuts Ctrl + PageUp = Previous Buffer
Ctrl + PageDown = Next Buffer
Useful shortcuts for navigating open buffers.

16. Finding Plug-ins http://plugins.jedit.org/
This site has descriptions of all of the currently-available plug-ins. You can sort through the plug-ins by category.

17. Side-Kick Vox Spell Text Tools Buffer Tabs Sudoku
Useful Plug-ins
Side-Kick
Vox Spell
Text Tools
Buffer Tabs
Sudoku
These are plug-ins I have found useful (and one just for fun).
Side-Kick – you can turn on keystroke parsing for xml (and selected other languages) and it can automatically fill in end tags
Vox Spell – spell check
Text tools – lets you sort text as a whole or by selecting sections to use for sorting
Buffer tabs – visually shows you all open buffers as tabs
Sudoku – allows you to build Sudoku grids and get hints (based on the description - I haven’t actually used this).

18. Change Plug-in Options
You can customize plug-ins by going to Plugins > Plugin Options
For example:
Sidekick – choose “parse on keystroke” to have parsing errors underlined as you type
Vox Spell – choose a custom underline color and automatically start spell-checking for every document

19. Questions?