Handy jEdit Tip
2008-08-26
I'm a massive fan of jEdit, which takes the idea of a super-powerful editor from Emacs but is implemented java rather than the dynamically scoped mess that is Emacs Lisp. Lets say you want to change the default word wrap position for a document:
:wrap=soft:maxLineLen=90:
Simply put the above magic incantation anywhere in the first or last 10 lines of your document, and jEdit will pick it up automatically. Hit save and it will update. Don't forget to include the trailing colon.