Download jEdit 4.1 User's Guide

Table of Contents
I. Using jEdit ...................................................................................................................ix
1. Starting jEdit .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Conventions ................................................................................................ 1
1.2. Platform-Independent Instructions.............................................................. 1
1.3. Starting jEdit on Windows .......................................................................... 2
1.4. Command Line Usage................................................................................. 3
2. jEdit Basics ............................................................................................................ 7
2.1. Buffers......................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1. Memory Usage................................................................................. 7
2.2. Views........................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1. Window Docking ............................................................................. 8
2.2.2. The Status Bar.................................................................................. 9
2.3. The Text Area and Gutter.......................................................................... 10
3. Working With Files .............................................................................................. 13
3.1. Creating New Files ................................................................................... 13
3.2. Opening Files ............................................................................................ 13
3.3. Saving Files............................................................................................... 13
3.3.1. Autosave and Crash Recovery ....................................................... 14
3.3.2. Backups.......................................................................................... 14
3.4. Line Separators ......................................................................................... 15
3.5. Character Encodings ................................................................................. 16
3.5.1. Commonly Used Encodings .......................................................... 16
3.6. The File System Browser.......................................................................... 17
3.6.1. Navigating the File System ............................................................ 17
3.6.2. The Tool Bar .................................................................................. 18
3.6.3. The Commands Menu.................................................................... 18
3.6.4. The Plugins Menu .......................................................................... 19
3.6.5. The Favorites Menu ....................................................................... 19
3.6.6. Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................ 19
3.7. Reloading From Disk................................................................................ 19
3.8. Multi-Threaded I/O................................................................................... 20
3.9. Printing...................................................................................................... 20
3.10. Closing Files and Exiting jEdit ............................................................... 21
4. Editing Text.......................................................................................................... 23
4.1. Moving The Caret ..................................................................................... 23
4.2. Selecting Text............................................................................................ 24
4.2.1. Rectangular Selection .................................................................... 24
4.2.2. Multiple Selection.......................................................................... 25
4.3. Inserting and Deleting Text....................................................................... 26
4.4. Undo and Redo ......................................................................................... 26
4.5. Working With Words ................................................................................ 27
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