Why jEdit Rocks

any function can be assigned to any key auto-completion using other words in the file case-smart search-and-replace Code2HTML plugin code folding Color schemes column editing configurable size of most-recent-files list (I'm using 120) console window (for DOS commands) editable key bindings Errors in console page automatically highlighted in code pane (e.g. Ruby) flexibility Folder-tree sidebar FTP / SFTP support Highlight All Occurrences incremental search on buffer names list all matches (HyperSearch) macro recording Most recent 40 files (including sftp) multi-line typing non-monospaced fonts allowed open URLs directly plugin download manager (no restart required) remembers last cursor position for all files, even on sftp Replace search string with BeanShell (Java) snippet Syntax highlighting for 50 languages XML indenter (plugin)