Help:Editing with jEdit
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How to edit modwiki articles with jEdit
This article explains how to edit wiki pages with the external editor jEdit. The benefit of using jEdit is, amongst other things, syntax highlighting.
On the negative side, this method is lacking a preview function so you should know what you're doing.
Installation
- Get the jEdit setup from here and install it
- Get mwjed and follow the installtion instructions on the site
- Start jEdit once
Configuration
To configure mwjed to work with modwiki, you need to locate the .jedit folder on your system.
Location of the .jedit directory
Linux
/home/<your username>
Windows NT/2000 (Upgrade from WINNT)
<drive>:\WINNT\Profiles\<your username>
Windows 2000 (New Install)
<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<your username>
Windows XP
<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<your username>
Adding the needed files
Now that you have located the right place you need to create a directory named mwjed. In the directory you need another folder named _family. Now you have to copy the two files, which are attached to this article, to the _family folder and restart jEdit.
Setting up mwjed
To finish mwjed configuration you need to go to the Plugins menu in jEdit, got to MwJed and select log in. In the dialog that pops up, select modwiki from the drop down list and enter your username and password into the respective fields.
Setting up your browser
If you haven't already done so already, please set up the edit link mentioned in the mwjed installation.
Use
To finally edit pages with jEdit you need to have it open in the background, open the page you want to edit in your browser and click the edit link. Now the page should show up in your jEdit window.
To save your changes: Plugins->MwJed->Save Page
