Mac OSX users

  1. Download jedit
  2. Drag the jEdit 4.2 app into your applications folder.
  3. Watch the video named “install jedit config osx movie” under class downloads on this blog.(ctrl click and pick save link as)

Windows Users

I have also included movie versions of the process under Class Downloads (install jedit on Windows 1 & 2). You will need Apple Quicktime to view if you don’t have that installed.
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Step 1

Check to see if you have Java installed on your Windows computer.
1)Go to the start window
2)Click Run
3)enter “cmd” without the quotes into the window.
This should open up the terminal.
in the terminal enter the following commands:
4)java -version
If the computer can’t find java you need to install java on your computer. Otherwise Move to Step 3

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Step 2

Install Java.
download java runtime environment(JRE) 5.0 Update 11
1)Go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
2)Choose Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 11
3)On the opening page Accept the license agreement and choose
Windows Offline Installation
4)Once the installer has finished downloading open the installer and install Java.

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Step 3

install jEdit
1)Go to http://www.jedit.org
2)Download the latest stable version of jEdit
3)open the jedit installer and install jedit
4)go to http://understandingnewmedia.com/webpro and download my config file
5)go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME and delete the .jedit file found in that folder
7)In the new.jedit folder you just downloaded there are two folders one called __MACOSX and another called new.jedit drag this folder to you user folder C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME

You need to change the name of the new.jedit folder in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME to .jedit to do this you need to use the terminal again.
8)Open the terminal and enter in the following commands:
rename new.jedit .jedit
9)You’re done!!!!!!! :)