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<sect1 id="intro"><title>Introduction</title>
	<para>
		This document explains many of the basic features of jEdit and provides
		solutions for commonly encountered problems. It is not the principal
		resource for learning how to use and customize jEdit. The application
		includes an extensive User's Guide available from within jEdit by
		selecting <guimenuitem>jEdit Help</guimenuitem> on the
		<guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu.
	</para>
	<para>
		The User's Guide includes tutorials on writing macros and plugins as
		well as an annotated guide to jEdit's Application Programming Interface
		(API). It is worth browsing through the User's Guide to get a full sense
		of what jEdit has to offer. This document is intended to supplement the
		User's Guide by focusing on specific, relatively narrow topics in the
		traditional question-and-answer format.
	</para>
	<para>
		Each section of this document deals with a different category of topics,
		and each begins with a listing of the questions covered. This should
		allow you to find the information you are seeking quickly.
	</para>
</sect1>