Editing JEdit (section)

{{Short description|Cross platform text editor}}
{{About|the Java text editor jEdit|the Japanese text editor|Jedit X}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Software
| name                   = jEdit
| logo                   = JEdit Logo.png
| screenshot             = JEdit 4.3 Fedora.png
| caption                = jEdit 4.3 showing Java macro.
| author                 = Slava Pestov
| developer              = jEdit project
| released               = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| latest release version = 5.7.0
| latest release date    = 3 August 2024 <ref name="latest release" />
| operating system       = [[Java platform|Java]]-supporting<ref name="compatibility" />
| programming language   = [[Java (programming language)|Java]] 
| language               = [[English language|English]]
| genre                  = [[Text editor]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|jedit.org}}
}}

'''jEdit''' is a [[free software]] [[text editor]] available under [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]. It is written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and runs on any operating system with Java support, including [[BSD]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].