diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index d9b3b87e6..318b2e916 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.zip.*;
 
-#ifdef JEDIT
-import org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea;
-#endif
+import javax.swing.*;
 
 
 public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
@@ -42,11 +40,9 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
   PdeEditorHeader header;
   PdeEditorStatus status;
   PdeEditorConsole console;
-#ifndef JEDIT
-  TextArea textarea;
-#else
-  JEditTextArea textarea;
-#endif
+  //TextArea textarea;
+  JEditorPane textarea;
+
   boolean externalEditor;
 
   // currently opened program
@@ -109,29 +105,26 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
     header = new PdeEditorHeader(this);
     rightPanel.add("North", header);
 
+    /*
     textarea = 
-#ifndef JEDIT
       new TextArea("",
 		   PdeBase.getInteger("editor.program.rows", 20),
 		   PdeBase.getInteger("editor.program.columns", 60),
 		   TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY);
+    */
+    try {
+      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
+    } catch (Exception e) { 
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
 
-    /* {
-	  public Dimension minimumSize() {
-	    System.out.println("old minimum");
-	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
-	  }
+    JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane();
+    JViewport viewport = scroller.getViewport();
 
-	  public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
-	    System.out.println("new minimum");
-	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
-	  }
+    textarea = new JEditorPane("text/java", "");
 
-	  public Dimension getMinimumSize(int r, int c) {
-	    System.out.println("new minimum 2");
-	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
-	  }
-	  };*/
+    viewport.add(textarea);
+    //viewport.setBackingStoreEnabled(true);
 
     textarea.setFont(PdeBase.getFont("editor.program.font",
 				       new Font("Monospaced", 
@@ -140,16 +133,16 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
 					    Color.black));
     textarea.setBackground(PdeBase.getColor("editor.program.bgcolor",
 					    Color.white));
+    /*
     textarea.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
 	public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
 	  frame.setCursor(Frame.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR);
 	}
       });
-#else
-    new JEditTextArea();
-#endif
+    */
 
-    rightPanel.add("Center", textarea);
+    //rightPanel.add("Center", textarea);
+    rightPanel.add("Center", scroller);
 
     Panel statusPanel = new Panel();
     statusPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
@@ -162,9 +155,12 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
     add("Center", rightPanel);
 
     //if (!PdeBase.isMacintosh()) {  // this still relevant?
+    /*
+      // hopefully these are no longer needed w/ swing
     PdeEditorListener listener = new PdeEditorListener(this);
     textarea.addKeyListener(listener);
     textarea.addFocusListener(listener);
+    */
 
     Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
     if ((PdeBase.platform == PdeBase.MACOSX) ||
@@ -418,14 +414,17 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
 	}
 	if (found) {
 	  // read lines until the next separator
-	  textarea.setText("");
+	  //textarea.setText("");
 	  line = reader.readLine(); // ignored
 	  String sep = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+	  StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
 	  while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
 	    if (line.equals(PdeEditor.HISTORY_SEPARATOR)) break;
-	    textarea.append(line + sep);
+	    //textarea.append(line + sep);
+	    buffer.append(line + sep);
 	    //System.out.println("'" + line + "'");
 	  }
+	  textarea.setText(buffer.toString());
 	  historyLast = textarea.getText();
 	  setSketchModified(false);
 
diff --git a/processing/build/windows/make.sh b/processing/build/windows/make.sh
index f3db98643..ece3fecaf 100755
--- a/processing/build/windows/make.sh
+++ b/processing/build/windows/make.sh
@@ -26,15 +26,12 @@ fi
 
 ### -- START BUILDING -------------------------------------------
 
-# move to 'app' directory
+# move to base 'processing' directory
 cd ../..
 
 
-#PLATFORM_CLASSPATH=java/lib/rt.jar:java/lib/ext/comm.jar
-
-
 ### -- BUILD BAGEL ----------------------------------------------
-cd ..
+
 # make sure bagel exists, if not, check it out of cvs
 if test -d bagel
 then 
@@ -45,35 +42,38 @@ else
   cvs update -P
   cd ..
 fi
+
 cd bagel
 
-CLASSPATH=../app/build/windows/work/java/lib/rt.jar:../app/build/windows/work/java/lib/ext/comm.jar
-#CLASSPATH=$PLATFORM_CLASSPATH
+CLASSPATH=../build/windows/work/java/lib/rt.jar:../build/windows/work/java/lib/ext/comm.jar
 
 ### --- make version with serial for the application
 echo Building bagel with serial support
 perl make.pl SERIAL
-cp classes/*.class ../app/build/windows/work/classes/
+cp classes/*.class ../build/windows/work/classes/
 
 ### --- make version without serial for applet exporting
 echo Building bagel for export
 perl make.pl
-cp classes/*.class ../app/build/windows/work/lib/export/
+cp classes/*.class ../build/windows/work/lib/export/
 
 cd ..
-cd app
 
 
 ### -- BUILD PDE ------------------------------------------------
 
 echo Building PDE for JDK 1.3
 
-CLASSPATH=build/windows/work/classes:build/windows/work/lib/kjc.jar:build/windows/work/lib/oro.jar:build/windows/work/java/lib/rt.jar:build/windows/work/java/lib/ext/comm.jar
+cd app
 
-perl ../bagel/buzz.pl "jikes +D -classpath $CLASSPATH -d build/windows/work/classes" -dJDK13 *.java 
+CLASSPATH=../build/windows/work/classes:../build/windows/work/lib/kjc.jar:../build/windows/work/lib/oro.jar:../build/windows/work/java/lib/rt.jar:../build/windows/work/java/lib/ext/comm.jar
 
-cd build/windows/work/classes
+perl ../bagel/buzz.pl "jikes +D -classpath $CLASSPATH -d ../build/windows/work/classes" -dJDK13 *.java 
+
+cd ../build/windows/work/classes
 rm -f ../lib/pde.jar
 zip -0q ../lib/pde.jar *.class
-cd ../..
+
+# back to 'build' dir
+cd ../../..