a good programming text editor (not IDE)

[John Salerno]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> John Salerno wrote:
> 
>>> jEdit is for me still the best text editor available. Very extensible
>>> with macros (which can be written in Jython with the appropriate plugin
>>> installed). 
>>
>> I like the idea of being extensible, but of course I can only write in 
>> Python. Are there any editors that support that?
> 
> Jython is a Python implementation for Java.
> 
> </F>
> 

Oh, I know, but doesn't it require knowledge of Java? Or am I being even 
more newbie-ish than I thought I was? :)