jEdit is a Java-based programmer’s editor with a boatload of optional plugins, color schemes, and configuration options. Text editing is a task that just about every technical computer user must face ...

When I ran into Slava Pestov, the core developer of Jedit, on IRC, I asked him what he thought of some of the increasingly popular Java-based integrated development environments (IDE) such as Eclipse ...

If you’re into programming or already a programmer, then we suspect you’ll need a trustworthy text editor with years of developer support. Most will likely choose to go with the default text editor in ...