Sunday, November 28, 2010

JEDIT - lightweight powerful editor

jEdit

jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java. It can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture.

How are people using jEdit ?

  • For developing jEdit
  • As an IDE for various languages
  • Partly embedded in other applications
  • As a reverse engineering tool
  • As a very powerful text editor
  • As portable application
  • As an excellent XML editor
  • As an editor for KML files for Google Earth

What's on your project wish list?

  • More spare time to work on it
  • Regular release schedule
  • Port jEdit to an OSGi framework
  • The ability to create plugins in languages other than Java

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