


JEDIT(L)                                                 JEDIT(L)


NNAAMMEE
       jedit - extensible Tk-based X Windows text editor

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       jjeeddiitt [ --mmooddee _m_o_d_e ] [ _f_i_l_e_._._.  ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The  jjeeddiitt application is a simple, customisable X Windows
       text editor.  It should start quickly enough that you  can
       use  it  comfortably  for short email notes and such light
       editing tasks, but you can also adapt it to more elaborate
       applications such as editing source code.

       It  is  written  in  wwiisshh, an X Windows scripting language
       based on the Tk toolkit and the Tcl scripting library (all
       three  by  John Ousterhout of Berkeley), and this makes it
       extremely flexible and configurable.   Hooks  and  prefer-
       ences  are  provided  to allow you to customise text bind-
       ings--the keystrokes you use to edit text in the text win-
       dow--and  general  aspects of the application's behaviour.
       For instance, if you find you frequently need to insert  a
       list  of  all  the users on your system into a file you're
       editing, sorted alphabetically, you can add a menu command
       (or a keystroke, or both) to do that.

       Detailed  documentation  describing  how  to  use jjeeddiitt is
       available online via the jjhheellpp application.  If  jjhheellpp  is
       not  installed  at  your  site,  you  can  read  the  file
       `jedit.jhelp', included with the distribution, which  con-
       tains the source for the online help.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Jay Sekora <js@it.bu.edu>
       Copyright  1992-1994 by Jay Sekora.  Non-commercial redis-
       tribution is permitted.  For  more  information,  see  the
       About panel in the application.





















                         20 February 1994                       1


