diff -ru jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/textarea/TextArea.java jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/textarea/TextArea.java
--- jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/textarea/TextArea.java	2012-06-15 22:20:05.000000000 +0200
+++ jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/textarea/TextArea.java	2012-08-13 19:11:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -4907,7 +4907,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if the caret is visible, false otherwise.
 	 */
-	final boolean isCaretVisible()
+	public final boolean isCaretVisible()
 	{
 		return blink && hasFocus();
 	} //}}}
