jedit in the Command Line, or navigating to the jEdit install directory and opening the jedit.bat or jedit.jar file.jEdit looks much like any standard text editor: You have a toolbar with menus such as File and Edit at the top, followed by a toolbar of shortcuts including New, Open, Close and Save, followed by a bar detailing the contents of the current buffer, followed by the current buffer itself.
In jEdit, the main text area where you write your documents is called a buffer.
If you haven't chosen to open a particular file then a default one will be opened and you'll see 'Untitled-#' as the buffer name.
To save a file you can either use the File > Save menu bar or click the 'Pencil' Icon in the shortcut toolbar.
When using jEdit you can choose from a large variety of plugins to make your life easer. To install a plugin go to Plugins > Plugin Manager in the top menubar, and then click the Install tab. Once the list of plugins has been loaded, tick the box of the plugin you want to install and press Install. You may need to choose a different 'mirror' to download from if the download fails. To do this click Download Options..., highlight an alternative mirror and press OK. Once the Plugin has installed, open it from the Plugin menubar and you can choose to 'Dock' the plugin on the top, bottom, left or right.
Console is the name of a plugin that acts as a Command Line from within jEdit. All commands are the same as the Windows Command Prompt, so see the section Command Line Basics for an introduction to the Command Prompt if you are not already familiar with it.
This is useful if you prefer to gloss your files from the command line. It also allows you to remain inside jEdit rather than having to right-click every file.
Project Viewer is a useful plugin if you plan to write a project with many pages.
This is plugin designed to allow one-click glossing from within gloss. It is currently under development.
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