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That's awesome! I wish I could get bbedit to do the same.

Thanks! I figured it out about 4 years ago.

 

While I've heard of bbedit, I've never used it. I checked their site and see they do have a way to create syntax highlighting rules, so it might be possible. On this page I see:

 

 

Anyone who encounters a problem with our software (or isn’t sure if it’s working correctly), or who would like to request a feature or enhancement, should contact tech support directly for assistance.

 

so maybe contact them and include link(s) to my screenshots of jEdit in action.

It honestly never occurred to me to ask the developers to add the feature. Since I paid for it, it wouldn't hurt to try, at least.

 

I may give jEdit a try, despite my resistance to change. Is it possible to open a file with a terminal command, opening it a running instance of the editor? That may be what I like best about BBEdit.

Should be. I just made a quick attempt, it launched jEdit but ignored any parameters and filenames. Might have to run jEdit as a parameter to java or something.

Realized I was running the prior version of jEdit, so installed the update. Didn't help with the terminal, it still ignores any parameters and filenames, but it did make the text look significantly better on my 4K monitor! See screenshots added to blog entry.

Glad to see you have the jEdit update working.

I had to jump through installing java higher than 1.6 which is what the Macs are determined to stay at.

I followed online guides and finally installed the newer java. The 1.6 is still there too.

I finally got it to show: $ java -version

java version "1.8.0_144"

jEdit 5.4.0 looks more like a standalone application.

 

The older version had either the top menu bar different or the application's toolbar different.

 

I've never mentioned it, but I know nothing about programming in C.

Hmm, I don't recall when I updated Java though I did switch from Apple's included version to Oracle's separate install soon after Apple stopped supporting it.

 

The top menu bar's tied to Utilities->Global Options->jEdit->Appearance->Swing look & feel. Set that to Mac OS X and the menu's at the top like a normal Mac program. Any other choice and the menu is attached to the window. If you look at the older jEdit screenshots I've posted you'll see I figured that out between 2006 and 2012.

 

I'm sure you'll be able to pick it up - as I pointed out to RT the basic concepts are the same, just the formatting is different.