leave ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER mostly enabled on Mac OS X, to get events for COMMAND/Meta combinations, which seem to produce only KEY_PRESSED in Java 7, not KEY_TYPED as in Java 6;
--- a/src/Tools/jEdit/patches/jedit/macos Sat Dec 01 19:51:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/Tools/jEdit/patches/jedit/macos Sat Dec 01 22:23:42 2012 +0100
@@ -14,15 +14,25 @@
os = VMS;
diff -ru 5.0.0/jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/Debug.java 5.0.0/jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/Debug.java
--- 5.0.0/jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/Debug.java 2012-11-17 16:42:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ 5.0.0/jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/Debug.java 2012-12-01 17:31:24.000000000 +0100
-@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
++++ 5.0.0/jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/Debug.java 2012-12-01 21:55:48.000000000 +0100
+@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
* used to handle a modifier key press in conjunction with an alphabet
* key. <b>On by default on MacOS.</b>
*/
-- public static boolean ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER = OperatingSystem.isMacOS();
-+ public static boolean ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER = OperatingSystem.isMacOS() &&
-+ System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.6.");
++ public static boolean ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER0 = false;
+ public static boolean ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER = OperatingSystem.isMacOS();
/**
- * If true, A+ shortcuts are disabled. If you use this, you should also
+diff -ru 5.0.0/jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/gui/KeyEventTranslator.java 5.0.0/jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/gui/KeyEventTranslator.java
+--- 5.0.0/jEdit/org/gjt/sp/jedit/gui/KeyEventTranslator.java 2012-11-17 16:41:58.000000000 +0100
++++ 5.0.0/jEdit-patched/org/gjt/sp/jedit/gui/KeyEventTranslator.java 2012-12-01 21:56:04.000000000 +0100
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+ || (keyCode >= KeyEvent.VK_A
+ && keyCode <= KeyEvent.VK_Z))
+ {
+- if(Debug.ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER)
++ if(Debug.ALTERNATIVE_DISPATCHER0)
+ return null;
+ else
+ {