aBowman

1. Download the java-based installer from http://www.jedit.org/?page=download
2. In a terminal, cd to the directory you downloaded jedit to and enter the command:

   java -jar jedit43pre3install.jar

   Linux users might want to run the installer as the root user so that it’s installed for all users.
3. You should be able to start jedit by typing jedit in a terminal. If your system doesn’t recognize the command, you might have to add the directory the jedit executable is located in to your PATH environmental variable.
4. Here are a few of my favorite jEdit plugins. Download these to the jars folder or install them through the download manager.
   
   BufferTabs http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?BufferTab ProjectViewer http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?ProjectViewer CommonControls http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?CommonControls Console http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?Console ErrorList http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?ErrorList
5. Create a file called jedit.props that contains the following text and save it to the properties folder.

   projectviewer.dock-position=left
   console.dock-position=bottom
   vfs.browser.dock-position=left
   view.gutter.lineNumbers=true
   buffer.folding=indent
   view.showBufferSwitcher=false
   buffer.folding=indent
   buffertabs.enabled=true
   console.changedir.pvchange=true
   

   This will dock the plugins we just installed, and enable line numbering and code folding by default for all users.

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