diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
index 120469001..73ce7d46d 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Editor.java
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ import processing.app.Util;
 import processing.app.contrib.ContributionManager;
 import processing.app.syntax.*;
 import processing.core.*;
-import processing.mode.java.JavaMode;
-import processing.mode.java.MarkerColumn;
-import processing.mode.java.pdex.JavaProblem;
-import processing.mode.java.pdex.JavaTextArea;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
 import java.awt.Color;
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class Editor extends JFrame implements RunnerListener {
   static public final int RIGHT_GUTTER = 12;
   static public final int GUTTER_MARGIN = 3;
 
-  private MarkerColumn errorColumn;
+  protected MarkerColumn errorColumn;
 
   // Otherwise, if the window is resized with the message label
   // set to blank, its preferredSize() will be fuckered
@@ -2934,6 +2930,15 @@ public abstract class Editor extends JFrame implements RunnerListener {
   }
 
 
+  public void statusMessage(String message, int type) {
+    if (EventQueue.isDispatchThread()) {
+      status.message(message, type);
+    } else {
+      EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> statusMessage(message, type));
+    }
+  }
+
+
   public void startIndeterminate() {
     status.startIndeterminate();
   }
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/MarkerColumn.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/MarkerColumn.java
similarity index 95%
rename from java/src/processing/mode/java/MarkerColumn.java
rename to app/src/processing/app/ui/MarkerColumn.java
index 2de540b7e..c93a379be 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/MarkerColumn.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/MarkerColumn.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /*
 Part of the Processing project - http://processing.org
-Copyright (c) 2012-15 The Processing Foundation
+Copyright (c) 2012-16 The Processing Foundation
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
-package processing.mode.java;
+package processing.app.ui;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Cursor;
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import processing.app.Sketch;
 import processing.app.SketchCode;
 import processing.app.ui.Editor;
 import processing.core.PApplet;
-import processing.mode.java.pdex.JavaProblem;
 
 
 /**
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ public class MarkerColumn extends JPanel {
   private List<LineMarker> errorPoints = new ArrayList<LineMarker>();
 
 
-  public MarkerColumn(JavaEditor editor, int height) {
+  public MarkerColumn(Editor editor, int height) {
     this.editor = editor;
 
     Mode mode = editor.getMode();
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ public class MarkerColumn extends JPanel {
   }
 
 
-  public void updateErrorPoints(final List<JavaProblem> problems) {
+  public void updateErrorPoints(final List<Problem> problems) {
     errorPoints = problems.stream()
         .map(LineMarker::new)
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -197,6 +196,7 @@ public class MarkerColumn extends JPanel {
     return new Dimension(Editor.RIGHT_GUTTER, super.getMinimumSize().height);
   }
 
+
   /**
    * Line markers displayed on the Error Column.
    */
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaEditor.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaEditor.java
index 74a08fb1b..12ab253ea 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaEditor.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaEditor.java
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public class JavaEditor extends Editor {
   protected VariableInspector inspector;
   protected JMenuItem inspectorItem;
 
-  private MarkerColumn errorColumn;
-
   static final int ERROR_TAB_INDEX = 0;
 
   private boolean hasJavaTabs;