I'm confused -- is
this thread not giving you the information you need? If so, just ask more questions -- please don't repost the same questions in a different place.
If you don't want to use Eclipse, you can edit Jess code in any text editor, just as you would edit
Java code. I used to use Emacs until the JessDE was developed.
I'm going to close this topic; please let's continue the discussion in the other
thread linked above.