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Add to SafariWhen comparing EverEdit vs jEdit, the Slant community recommends EverEdit for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” EverEdit is ranked 58th while jEdit is ranked 63rd. The most important reason people chose EverEdit is:
EverEdit is lightweight, making it very fast.
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Pros
Pro Lightweight
EverEdit is lightweight, making it very fast.
Pro Extendable with plugins
EverEdit is extremely powerful and extends through various plugins that add a lot of useful features to it.
Pro Good regexp
Pro Syntax highlighting
JEdit offers syntax highlighting for several languages.
Pro Plugin support
JEdit has lots of plugins that help you customize the editor to your liking. The plugins are easy to download (once you select a mirror) and take effect right away, without a restart.
Pro Cross-platform
jEdit runs on Linux, OS X and Windows.
Cons
Con Windows only
EverEdit is not available for Linux and/or Mac.
Con Depends on Java
Because jEdit requires Java to be installed on the OS, it's not suitable for those who don't want Java.
