To enable AntiAliasing in the TextArea, see the section called “The Text Area Pane”.
It is possible to pass command line options to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). These options can change certain things about how Java runs, such as the maximum heap size, or whether antialiasing is used in certain places.
 For operating systems such as Linux where jEdit is started via a
      shell script, you can easily edit the jedit script and
      place JVM arguments in the correct place. If you are using the
      -jar command line option with the
      java command to run jEdit (which is how the default
      shell scripts do it), remember that the -jar
      parameter must be the last java option, followed
      immediately by the path to jedit.jar and then any
      jEdit command line options.
 On a Windows install that uses jEdit.exe, the
      JVM options are located in a separate file, called
      jEdit.l4j.ini. Create or edit this file in the same
      directory as jEdit.exe and place one JVM option per
      line. 
 On Mac OS X, the jEdit.app bundle gets JVM options from a file called
      Contents/Info.plist, which can be edited with a text editor.
      
 There is no complete list of options to java,
      since it can vary from one platform to another. Some of can be found by
      typing the commands java -? or man
      java. Common JVM options that are used with jEdit and work on
      all platforms are: 
| Option | Effect | 
|---|---|
| -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on | Antialias the text in AWT components. | 
| -Dswing.aatext=true | Antialias the text in Swing components. | 
| -Djedit.home=/path/to/jedit | Sets/overrides the java System property jedit.hometo be the path to the jEdit
                  install. This tells jEdit where to find its site properties,
                  default keymaps, macros, edit modes, and documentation. You can override
                  this setting to create a custom install that is shared by multiple
                  users. See the section called “Site Properties” for more information. | 
| -mx768m | Sets maximum heap size to 768 megabytes.
                  Adjust this value depending on your own personal needs /
                  plugins. On at least one platform, -Xmx768mworks
                  when-mx768mdoes not (or vice-versa). |