jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java. jEdit uses the Swing toolkit for the graphic interface and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture. To download, install, and set up jEdit as quickly and painlessly as possible, go to the Quick Start page.

While jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

The core of jEdit is primarily developed by Slava Pestov, and jEdit plugins are being written by a diverse team of programmers from around the world.

Here are some key features of "jEdit":

· Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available.
· Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature.
· Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.
· Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
· Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
· Word wrap.
· Highly configurable and customizable.

Requirements:

· Java 2 version 1.5 or later