I use jed - I think it's different from jEdit -it's not java based - it's actually console based

but it's colouriffic

and that's good enuff for me
However, I think you would be better off doing your dev on Windows and running your Linux test server just as a server - it's very easy to do one of the following:
- add an ftpd to your linux server to upload your files to your local server
- run Samba and map a Windows drive letter to a "shared folder" on your Linux box...
A much more satisfactory solution... esp. if you are so used to Windows for your development.
I would prefer myself to be using Windows on amy main box for dev, but I put Linux onto my old POS laptop to do dev work in front of the TV - for that I use jed...