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[Erik Price]

Greg Rundlett wrote:

> I might just check out jEdit.  I didn't want to use Komodo (ActiveState)
> or phpEd (Nusphere), or Zend Studio (Zend) because I want something free
> that I can take with me anywhere, use forever, share with others, and
> contribute to if I ever get smart enough ;-).

I am a die-hard BBEdit user, but when I took my current assignment and 
was forced to use Windows, I investigated jEdit on the recommendation of 
a friend.  It's really an impressive editor!  Although a lot of people 
criticize Swing apps, jEdit is the app that Swing proponents point to 
and say "this shows that Swing performance can be just as fast as 
[insert native code GUI framework here] if it's done right".  And being 
pure Java, it runs on all Java-supported platforms.

jEdit's plugin system is supposed to be pretty phenomenal.  If you want, 
you can trick it out with plugins to do code error-checking, direct FTP 
access, Ant integration, etc.  The plugins are apparently not that 
difficult to write.  So you might find yourself contributing back in the 
form of creating new plugins, or you can always work on the core.


Erik