-background
command-line switch. In background mode, jEdit
will stay running and in memory even after all views are closed. This
avoids the startup delay associated with starting jEdit multiple
times.
If you also specify the -nogui
switch, an initial view will
not be opened; so jEdit will load, but remain invisible until another
client instance is started. Using this switch, you can have jEdit loaded when
your computer starts, ready for use later on.