Here's how I got rubaxa sortable and jeditable to work together.
disableSortable = function(settings, self) {
sortable.option('disabled', true);
};
enableSortable = function(settings, self) {
sortable.option('disabled', false);
};
$(document).ready(function()
{$('.edit').each(function()
{$(this).editable('/present/edit',
{
event: 'dblclick',
onblur: 'submit',
onedit : disableSortable,
onsubmit: enableSortable,
onrevert: enableSortable
});
});
});