Personal preferences using JEdit

These are some personal notes to help me configure JEdit according to my own preferences. JEdit is a very powerful editor; it has many plugins, but many plugins have overlapping functionality; you have to decide how to use it and configure it according to your preferences. It is not like Eclipse where you automatically get everything configured. 

Favorite plugins:

1. Editor Scheme .- Choose nice colors. I prefer dark backgrounds.
2. File Browser .- Open new files.
3. Buffer List .- Show open buffers.
4. JDiff .- Compare text files.
5. Whitespace
   
   • check "remove trailing white spaces"
   • check "tabify/untabify according to soft tabs setting"
6. Text tools - sorting lines.
7. Error list - View compile errors.
8. Console
   The console is mainly used to compile code. Errors in the console are sent to ErrorList.
   
   

   cd ${d}  # cd to the directory of the current buffer.
   make all # You can also create adhoc scripts 
            # in the current directory.
     

   If you see '???' characters you may need to change encoding to UTF-8. Go to Plugin Options-> Console -> General -> Character encoding.
9. CTagsSideKick - C++ Runs on top sidekick to browse the code in the current buffer. Similar to outline in Eclipse.
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Global options:

•   Docking: 
• Buffer List - left
• File Browser - left
• Sidekick - left
• Error List - down
• Console - down
•   Editing: set "tab width", "indent width" and "soft tabs".
•   Gutter: check "line numbers".
•   Proxy server.
•   Text area: For ubuntu  you may need to set "Anti Aliased smooth text: subpixel"

Custom macros:

saveAllAndRunLastCommand.bsh

• Save all buffers
• Show console
• Run last command

jEdit.saveAllBuffers(view, false);
new console.Shell.SwitchAction("System").invoke(view);
console = view.getDockableWindowManager().getDockable("console");
console.show();
console.runLastCommand();

Create shortcuts:

• Console:System (toggle) CS-c
• Macro: Toggle header source CS-h
• Macro: saveAllAndRunLastCommand CS+m
• ErrorList: Goto next error CS+n
• ErrorList: Goto previous error CS+p
• Tags: Follow tag C+CLOSE_BRACKET
• Tags: Pop position C+t

Favorite shortcuts:

• Focus Buffer Switcher A+BACKQUOTE
• Toggle docked areas F12
• Complete word C+b
• Open a file C+o
• Create a new file C+n