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jEdit plugin download problem with select another mirror error

Facing jEdit plugin download problem with select another mirror error? The solution is very simple. Just click on the “Download Option” button at the bottom of Plugin Manager window and “Update” mirror list. Now select some different and nearest available mirror from the list shown and try downloading plugin once again. It might work with new mirror. If it does not, try selecting different mirror and repeat.

jEdit showing Connect to FTP Server window on start error fix

Does your jEdit file editor show you “Connect to FTP Server” window every-time you start it? And then if you cancel it and then try to load your bookmarks window or try to connect to a FTP connection through FTP plugin window it does show you I/O (input/output) error message? Continue reading

Broken jEdit FTP plugin fix after upgrading Ubuntu release

Just a note:

After upgrading my Ubuntu machine to latest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS version my preferred code editor started to have issues. I opened it as normal and it showed me 3 FTP connection windows at once and after closing these windows when i tried to launch a FTP profile from bookmarks it didn’t work and kept saying the “Already running command error”. I thought i needed to re-install the jEdit (the upgrade actually re-stalled the latest release of jEdit while upgrading) and tried a re-install but it did not fix anything. Then i removed the FTP plugin of jEdit and re-installed it and hurray, it works!

Keyword shortcuts to switching working files or buffers in jEdit

Hint: By buffers in jEdit it means working files (area), which is shown in the image below:

Keyword shortcuts to working files or buffers in jEdit Continue reading

Keyboard shortcuts to switch among split views in jEdit

Here’s the keyboard shortcuts to navigate or switch among split views or text areas or window panes (whatever you call it) in jEdit.

Alt-Page Up	Send keyboard focus to previous text area.
Alt-Page Down	Send keyboard focus to next text area.