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I tried JEdit like two years ago or so and found it to be an excellent editor, but that the startup time of approx. 10 seconds was unbearable. Have they fixed that yet?

Yes, they created a "JEdit server": http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/starting.html It keeps an instance running so startup time is smaller.

I'd second that. Used jEdit for years, and thought I'd give TextMate a try... not impressed, so I may switch back to jEdit now.

jEdit is the BEST. The hypersearch capabilities and windowing options are first class. Three cheers for jEdit.