I can also confirm that this bug still exists. It occurs about 20 - 30% of time I start jEdit. It also effect multiple line edit in dialog box. Its height is reduced from 3 lines to about 0.8 line.
jEdit 5.0.0 Java 1.6.0_45 (Sun's) Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
I can also confirm that this bug still exists. It occurs about 20 - 30% of time I start jEdit. It also effect multiple line edit in dialog box. Its height is reduced from 3 lines to about 0.8 line.
jEdit 5.0.0
Java 1.6.0_45 (Sun's)
Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)