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- JEDIT 4.2 README
- * About jEdit
- jEdit is a cross platform programmer's text editor written in Java.
- jEdit requires either Java 2 version 1.3 or 1.4. It will not run with
- earlier versions.
- jEdit comes with full online help; to read it, select 'jEdit Help' from
- jEdit's 'Help' menu or point your web browser to the file named
- 'index.html' in the 'doc/users-guide/' directory of the jEdit
- distribution.
- A PDF (Adobe Acrobat) version of the user's guide be downloaded from
- <http://www.jedit.org>.
- A list of people who contributed to jEdit, either by submitting code or
- edit modes to the core, or writing plugins can be viewed by selecting
- 'About jEdit' from jEdit's 'Help' menu.
- * License
- jEdit is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute and modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (either version 2
- or any later version). See the file COPYING.txt for details.
- The jEdit installer is released under a public domain license and may be
- used for any purpose.
- A number of plugins are available for jEdit. Unless otherwise stated in
- the plugin's documentation, each of the plugins is licensed for use and
- redistribution under the terms of the GNU General Public License (either
- version 2 or any later version, at the user's election).
- The user's guide is released under the terms of the GNU Free
- Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the
- Free Software Foundation; with no "Invariant Sections", "Front-Cover
- Texts" or "Back-Cover Texts", each as defined in the license. A copy of
- the license can be found in the file COPYING.DOC.txt.
- The class libraries shipped with jEdit each have their own license; see
- the 'Libraries' section below.
- * jEdit on the Internet
- The jEdit homepage, located at <http://www.jedit.org> contains the
- latest version of jEdit, along with plugin downloads. There is also a
- user-oriented site, <http://community.jedit.org>. Check it out.
- If you would like to report a bug, first take a look at the 'jEdit
- Frequently Asked Questions' document, accessible from either jEdit's
- online help or by pointing your web browser to the file named
- 'index.html' in the 'doc/FAQ/' directory of the jEdit distribution.
- If the FAQ doesn't answer your question, report a bug with our bug
- tracker, located at <http://www.jedit.org/?page=feedback>.
- When writing a bug report, please try to be as specific as possible. You
- should specify your jEdit version, Java version, operating system, any
- relevant output from the activity log, and an e-mail address, in case we
- need further information from you to fix the bug.
- The 'Make Bug Report' macro included with jEdit, which can be found in
- the 'Misc' submenu of the 'Macros' menu, might be useful when preparing
- a bug report.
- If you would like to discuss jEdit and be informed when new versions are
- released, you should subscribe to the mailing lists; see
- <http://www.jedit.org/?page=feedback> for details.
- If you would like to discuss the BeanShell scripting language, subscribe
- to one of the BeanShell mailing lists by visiting
- <http://www.beanshell.org/contact.html>.
- Finally, if you want to chat about jEdit with other users and
- developers, come join the #jedit channel on irc.openprojects.net. You
- can use the IRC plugin, available from <http://plugins.jedit.org>, for
- this purpose.
- You may also e-mail me directly by e-mailing <slava@jedit.org>.
- * Libraries
- jEdit bundles the following libraries:
- - gnu.regexp by the Free Software Foundation. jEdit bundles the
- gnu.regexp 1.1.5 CVS snapshot.
- gnu.regexp is released under the 'GNU Lesser General Public License'.
- The gnu.regexp homepage is <http://www.cacas.org/java/gnu/regexp/>.
- - AElfred XML parser by Microstar corporation. This class library is
- released under its own, non-GPL license, which reads as follows:
- "AElfred is free for both commercial and non-commercial use and
- redistribution, provided that Microstar's copyright and disclaimer are
- retained intact. You are free to modify AElfred for your own use and
- to redistribute AElfred with your modifications, provided that the
- modifications are clearly documented."
- The AElfred web site is <http://www.microstar.com>.
- - BeanShell scripting language, by Pat Niemeyer. jEdit bundles BeanShell
- version 2.0b1 with the bsh.util and bsh.classpath packages removed.
- BeanShell is released under a dual Sun Public License/GNU LGPL
- license. See the BeanShell homepage for details.
- The BeanShell web site is <http://www.beanshell.org>.
- - ASM bytecode generation library from Objectweb. This class library is
- released under a BSD-style license. The ASM homepage can be found at
- <http://asm.objectweb.org/>.
- The jEdit installer bundles the following libraries:
- - org.apache.excalibur.bzip2 compression library. This library is
- released under the Apache license, which can be found in
- doc/Apache.LICENSE.txt.
- The org.apache.excalibur.bzip2 web site is
- <http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/excalibur/bzip2/>.
- - com.ice.tar, by Tim Endres. This code is in the public domain.
- The com.ice.tar web site is <http://www.trustice.com/java/tar/>.