JEditor User Documentation

JEditor is a modern, lightweight, and extensible code editor built entirely with Python and PySide6 (Qt for Python). It is a complete rewrite of the original JEditor project, delivering 10x faster performance while providing a significantly richer feature set.

• Getting Started
  • System Requirements
  • Installation
  • Launching JEditor
  • Project Structure
• Code Editor
  • Multi-Tab Editing
  • File Operations
  • Syntax Highlighting
  • Auto-Completion
  • Line Numbers
  • Current Line Highlight
  • File Tree
  • Encoding Support
  • Search & Replace
• Code Execution & Debugging
  • Running Python Scripts
  • Debugging
  • Running Other Languages
  • Shell Command Execution
  • Output Display
  • Variable Inspector
• Code Quality & Formatting
  • YAPF Python Formatting
  • PEP 8 Checking
  • Ruff Linting
  • JSON Reformatting
• Git Integration
  • Opening a Repository
  • Branch Management
  • Commit History
  • Diff Viewer
  • Staging & Committing
  • Remote Operations
  • Audit Logging
• AI Assistant
  • Setup
  • Chat Interface
  • Async Communication
  • Error Handling
• Console & REPL
  • Shell Console
  • Jupyter / IPython Console
• Built-in Browser
  • Navigation
  • Search
  • Browser Tabs
  • Download Tracking
  • Features
• Plugin System
  • Plugin Types
  • Plugin Directory
  • Plugin Metadata
  • Programming Language Plugin
  • Natural Language (Translation) Plugin
  • Run Configuration Plugin
  • Pre-built Plugins
  • Plugin Browser
• Configuration & Settings
  • Settings Files
  • Theming
  • Font Customization
  • Dockable Panels
  • System Tray
  • Multi-Language UI
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • File Operations
  • Code Execution
  • Code Quality
  • Browser
  • Console
• API Reference
  • Starting the Editor
  • Core Classes
  • Extending the Editor with Custom Tabs
  • Process Managers
  • Syntax Highlighting
  • Settings
  • Multi-Language
  • Plugin API
  • Logging
  • Exceptions
• Extending with PySide6
  • Adding a Custom Tab
  • Using JEditor Components