Of course. jEdit uses standard shift+direction selection. And like most good text editors, you can map or remap any command to any key combination.

My blog is in a state of utmost disrepair, but if I ever clear its personal content and reboot it as a professional blog, a "hey everybody, jEdit" post will be pretty early on. I think it strikes a nice balance between vim/emacs-like power and GUI-app usability, and as one of the few high-quality Java desktop apps, it's cross-platform.

Please do!

email me your blog info (not in your profile) so i can suscribe for when you get around to it. [email protected]

It's personal right now, I mean to privately archive the old content and start fresh. Once I get around to rebooting it, I'll self-promote by posting something here once I write something people might be interested in. Thanks for your interest, though!