<s>
jEdit	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
available	O
under	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
runs	O
on	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
support	O
,	O
including	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
jEdit	B-Language
was	O
started	O
by	O
Slava	B-Application
Pestov	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
who	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
handing	O
development	O
to	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
jEdit	B-Language
includes	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
that	O
provides	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
over	O
200	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
extensive	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
and	O
text	B-Application
folding	I-Application
capabilities	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
text	O
wrapping	O
that	O
takes	O
indents	O
into	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
is	O
highly	O
customizable	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
macros	O
written	O
in	O
BeanShell	B-Language
,	O
Jython	B-Language
,	O
ECMAScript	O
and	O
some	O
other	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
over	O
150	O
available	O
jEdit	B-Language
plug-ins	B-Application
for	O
many	O
different	O
application	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-ins	B-Application
are	O
used	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
application	O
for	O
individual	O
use	O
and	O
can	O
make	O
it	O
into	O
an	O
advanced	O
XML/HTML	O
editor	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	B-Application
)	O
,	O
with	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
context-sensitive	O
help	O
,	O
debugging	O
,	O
visual	O
differentiation	O
and	O
language-specific	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-ins	B-Application
are	O
downloaded	O
via	O
an	O
integrated	O
plug-in	B-Application
manager	O
which	O
finds	O
and	O
installs	O
them	O
along	O
with	O
any	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
manager	O
will	O
track	O
new	O
versions	O
and	O
can	O
download	O
associated	O
updates	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
available	O
plug-ins	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Accents	O
plugin	B-Application
that	O
converts	O
character	O
abbreviations	O
for	O
accented	O
characters	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	O
plugin	B-Application
that	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
editing	O
XML	O
,	O
HTML	O
,	O
ECMAScript	O
and	O
CSS	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
XML	O
,	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
does	O
validation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
jEdit	B-Language
has	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Griffiths	O
wrote	O
in	O
April	O
2002	O
for	O
MAC	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
HINTS	O
saying	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
very	O
impressed	O
"	O
and	O
naming	O
it	O
"	O
pick	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
cited	O
its	O
file	O
memory	O
upon	O
reopening	O
,	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
notice	O
if	O
an	O
open	O
file	O
was	O
changed	O
on	O
disk	O
by	O
another	O
program	O
,	O
syntax	O
coloring	O
,	O
including	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
color	O
schemes	O
,	O
split	O
windows	B-Application
feature	O
,	O
show	O
line	O
number	O
feature	O
,	O
convertible	O
tabs	O
to	O
soft-tabs	O
and	O
view	O
sidebars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Griffiths	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
a	O
few	O
drawbacks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
bit	O
slow	O
at	O
scrolling	O
a	O
line	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
the	O
full	O
Aqua	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Beatty	O
reviewing	O
jEdit	B-Language
on	O
SitePoint	O
in	O
2005	O
particularly	O
noted	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
folding	O
feature	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
search	O
and	O
replace	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
syntax	O
highlighting	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
recommended	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
PHPParser	O
plug-in	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PHPParser	O
is	O
a	O
sidebar	O
that	O
checks	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
syntax	O
errors	O
whenever	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
code	O
file	O
is	O
loaded	O
or	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
noted	O
that	O
downloading	O
jEdit	B-Language
is	O
simple	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
getting	O
and	O
installing	O
the	O
plug-ins	B-Application
to	O
customize	O
it	O
for	O
individual	O
use	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
complex	O
process	O
:	O
"	O
Beware	O
that	O
a	O
full	O
setup	O
requires	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
this	O
process	O
can	O
take	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
reviewer	O
Rares	O
Aioanei	O
praised	O
jEdit	B-Language
's	O
versatility	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
jEdit	B-Language
's	O
design	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
editor	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
and	O
expand	O
its	O
functionality	O
via	O
plugins	B-Application
so	O
that	O
it	O
becomes	O
exactly	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
for	O
the	O
task	O
or	O
language	O
at	O
hand.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
but	O
also	O
adding	O
that	O
"	O
jEdit	B-Language
is	O
not	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
with	O
everything	O
but	O
the	O
Christmas	O
tree	O
,	O
like	O
Eclipse	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
compact	O
application	O
for	O
editing	O
code	O
,	O
providing	O
practical	O
tools	O
along	O
with	O
basic	O
IDE	B-Application
features.	O
"	O
</s>
