Vote: Notepad++
#for windows
Vote: Vim
#for linux

AvgJoe

Vote: TextMate

The best text editor, hands down in my opinion. I have used both textmate and notepad++, and i prefer textmate. Though TextWrangler is great for it's price: free.

gcguster99t

Vote: Notepad++

dimatx

VOTE: Emacs

tigerhawkvok

Vote: linux vim

AndyW

VOTE: VIM

sidmuchrock

VOTE: vim

An expert in vim can accomplish his task far faster than an expert in any other text editor.

Close second would be Emacs with viper mode, but if you don't need the programmability of Emacs then it's weight and speed can slow you down.

A real embedded vim InputManager for Cocoa would rock so many worlds.

brandonvalentine

vote: notepad2

AndyW

jEdit! [www.jedit.org]
has rectangular selection and is full of features!!

pnavarrc

VOTE: vi

CyberCowboy

VOTE: SciTE!

eth

VOTE: notepad2
:)

ChambrasWeed

VOTE: TextMate

keehun

LINUX: gedit (very customizable)

WINDOWS: notepad++

samarkamat

VOTE: notepad++

rickdob

VOTE: Notepad2

As lightweight as Notepad, this is the best replacement for Notepad. Of course, with lots of features.

ravindran

Vote:PsPad

SystemMonitor

VOTE: XEmacs

ricardo.slacker

VOTE: Editcrypt

eSkiSo

VOTE: Vim

Vim with Cream is a great way for people to try Vim without having to learn all of the vi command set at once.

[cream.sourceforge.net]

microe

Vote: VIM

xoff

Vote: Vim

mr.elwood

vote: Notepad

B1663R

vote: notepad++

SizzleBeast

Vote: BBEdit

Daniel Griscom

Vote: EditPlus 3

MrEggsalad

Vote: Notepad

kostyaf

VOTE: Just plain ol' Notepad
Am I allowed to vote for that?

FRIEDjellyWALNUT

Vote: TextMate

dotalvaro

VOTE: UltraEdit
...Deja vu? [lifehacker.com]

Chimaera

VOTE: Vim

jenheta

VOTE: Notepad++

OwenCatherwood

VOTE: Notepad ++

sirfice

VOTE: vi

Jeff

VOTE: Notepad++

I love the syntax coloring, and the ease of use of the program. My favorite, and default, text editor.

malnourish

notepad++

ahpatel

VOTE: EditPlus

Avitor

EditPlus

Avitor

VOTE: Textpad

MacLeod_1980

PS-PAD is my favorite.

David Burch

VOTE: gedit
Am I the only one? It's surprisingly versatile!

m4dm4n

VOTE: Vim

Hang ten: Keep all digits on the keyboard. Navigate huge text files with ease.

Posco Grubb

VOTE: Notepad++ (PC)
VOTE: TextMate (MAC)
VOTE: Pico (*nix) - never could get the hang of Vi.

I was also an Alpha fan on the the old OS9 macs, but it never really made the transition to PC or OSX all that well.

knightfilm

VOTE: gedit

dzaussome

I'm cheap, so I'm only voting for freebies here:

VOTE: Notepad++ (Windows)
VOTE: TextWrangler (Mac)
VOTE: SciTe (cross-platform GUI)
VOTE: nano (cross-platform console)

I feel like my geek whuffie just crashed hard with the nano recommendation, but it's all I really need - I don't have the mindspace to keep all the necessary vi/emacs keystroke commands handy, while nano shows most of them on-screen all the time.

cowboy_k

Vote: vim
It's cross platform, so you can learn to edit efficiently and benefit from windows, mac, and linux.

NathanK

VOTE: copy con :)

spidermedic

VOTE: TextMate
That's so obvious !

p4bl0

VOTE: Notepad++

greatslack

VOTE: Emacs

VOTE: TextPad

Am I allowed two votes? :-)

rman666

VOTE: Yakuake

aipforum

Notepad++ I can't stand to work without it

OneEyedDog

VOTE: vim

Love it.

DarkJesus

VOTE: TextPad

chrissv

VOTE : Vim

lillian27

VOTE (Linux): Gedit
VOTE (Windows): UltraEdit

bjm2q

VOTE: Notepad++

Used to be Editplus but I felt guilty cracking it.

rothgar

VOTE: Notepad++

MarcLister

VOTE: UltraEdit

if this is only freeware then...

VOTE: Notepad++

kli6891

VOTE: Emacs

Why? Because it can do anything any other editor can, and more, and I can find it for any platform. And with today's machines, it's not even that heavy. On my MacBook Pro, it launches in 3 seconds flat.

ZZamboni

Vote: Kate

frank26080115

vim

leoeris

Vote: Vim 7

Horizon

Mac:
vote: TextMate

Pc:
vote: Crimson Editor
- Free, syntax highlighting, column edit.
vote: UltraEdit
- Best editor i've ever used, but it costs $49.

1diotSavant

Vote (Mac): TextMate
Vote (*nix): Vim
Vote (Windows): Notepad++

In my work environment (a headless cluster), I am usually ssh'd in and using Vim, although recently I've started dabbling with a workflow using ExpanDrive (ssh drive mounting) and TextMate, and I have to say I'm quite pleased with it. On the rare occasion I'm on a Windows computer without ssh, I keep a portable copy of Notepad++ on my USB key.

Shiznit

VOTE: NOTEPAD++

Get the portable version so you can try it out. Then open up Preferences and uncheck 'enable document switcher' and uncheck 'enable MRU behavior for document switcher.' Add the close button to each tab. This makes the program's tabs operate just like in Firefox, instead of weirdly jumping around. I tried PSPad and Vim, but once you change these settings Notepad++ wins hands down.

Ansel

VOTE: Vim (gvim for windows)

Dad2Nat

VOTE: TextMate

hands down best out there. I'm so looking forward to version 2.

doshas

vote: Textpad

tigerjade

VOTE: Emacs

Oh please. To quote:
Emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars. It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes everything else vanish.

* Neal Stephenson

ch0wda

Comment on Best Text Editor? TextMate. I've used NotePad++ and BBEdit, and none compare to the elegance and extensibility of TextMate and it's bundles. If I'm stuck on Windows, e (which aims to be a TextMate for Windows, even using the same bundles) is OK. But TextMate rules the roost.

BernardZuu

VOTE: gVim

Takes a while to get used to, but once you do, it's easy to become a power user.

tomasso

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: Textpad

ShailiClymenus

Hive Five Vote: PSPad

RolandAhenobarbus

notepad++

jggrossm

VOTE: UltraEdit

cmannes

VOTE: Notepad2

jpjr

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: E-Text Editor It is basically TextMate for windows. It is made with advice from the people at TextMate and is compatible with most of the TextMate bundles, even the community generated ones. It's great, I love using it for HTML and Python.

MorrisImbicile

Vote: Notepad++

Simple, elegant, but at the same time robust enough to get the job done.

Dark Rowan

VOTE: Vim

Sure, it's got a nasty learning-curve, but it's the epitome of productivity once you've got it working. Beef it up with any of the numerous plugins available. Even use GVim on Windows:
[www.vim.org]

But if you're really opposed, Notepad++ is also pretty sweet.

--Scott

Scott Wegner

VOTE: notetab light

is pretty nice, quite lightweight but with plenty of features and without being bloated.

glater

Vote: Notepad++
Windows.

Mac: TextMate

*nix: vim

allthough, writeroom and its OS companions gets a great nod for Productivity.

scott9s

NoteTab Pro

BrownStudy

VOTE: BBedit

Does anything else Zap Gremlins?

Been using it since version 2 or so. There are probably better editors now but it's saved my ass so many times with things like GREP search and replace across multiple files that I'm loyal and anytime I try something else, I find something I need that it lacks.

robgnyc

VOTE: Emacs

Deprong Mori

WANTED: A classification of text editors. Define basic features, and list those that have it. Then define other groups of features, and list those that have them. If several text editors have the same sets of features, then this info would help me see what is available. Something like this could be more useful than just voting on many text editors.
Not very well stated, but I wonder if a system better than Hive Five can be developed.

RelativeRon

VOTE: Emacs.

@ch0wda: What he said.

rlee

I've been very particular about the text editor I use since circa 1995. For the last couple of years I've been using ConTEXT, the best available imho.
[www.contexteditor.org]

Speedmaster

VOTE: Boxer

oboise

Vote: Vim (linux/osx)
Vote: Notepad++ (Windows)

hlpimfalling

VOTE: Textpad

But note that these features are missing: code folding, having an external language like Perl act on the text.
Strong Point: the cursor movement is very intelligent, unlike Notepad++. If Notepad++ had cursor movement like Textpad, I would switch.

RelativeRon

Vote: vi/vim

All the way down here, I'm surprised by how few EMACS users turned up. There used to be some sort of eien split between the two, and yet the vote here seems to be more between vi and, oh, Notepad++. Is it the Lifehacker readers? Has the world just lost interest in EMACS?

fluff

VOTE: Notepad++

The ability to have 2 docs open side by side. Syntax Coloring. Tabs. Plus it's simple, and not too heavy. Perfect.

iamthawlrs

VOTE: Gedit

andrewsomething

VOTE: EditPad Plus
BONUS/Freebie: EditPad Lite

Rectangular selection, (configurable) syntax highlighting, HEX editing, portable (even to U3)

brewtus

VOTE: TextMate

TextMate to GUI Editors is what Vim/Emacs are to CLI editors.

Quine

VOTE: PSPad

reeflections

I was an UltraEdit man for a few years. Tried PSPad, spent a year or so kinda liking EditPlus, but I discovered Notepad++ 6 months or so and have never looked back. Best text editor I have ever used, hands down in every category.

VOTE: Notepad++

Chris Gsell

@Chimaera: That's exactly what I was thinking.

tm2ts

VOTE: Q10. By no means the most powerful (not really a console editor). But methinks the most pleasurable.

Andre Kibbe

VOTE: notepad2

mwb1100

XEmacs, or in a pinch Jed.

Since Vim is an ersatz of Vi, there can't be such a thing as "true VIM". If I have to choose, I'd rather have Bill Joy's original vi than vim.

Fazal Majid

VOTE: Textpad

I've started using notepad++ and like it a lot, but I still can't give up Textpad.

_mark

NoteTab

spaztastic

VOTE: TextMate

fumble

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: vi Blaze through plain text with multiple buffers ("windows"), fast access to shell commands, yank ("copy") and paste whole paragraphs with no effort. And your hands never leave the keyboard. Learning curve? Yes. Worth it? You bet. For Windows, there's gvim - includes context menu shortcuts in Explorer! :wq

FentonCabe

VOTE: TextMate

My other editor is GNU Emacs, naturally. :)

Eris

VOTE: jedit

jbuberel

@BruceMagnus: Is Gvim really any different after you enter insert mode? It has menus to open and save files, it has arrow key navigation, and its cursor can be positioned with the mouse.

NathanK

VOTE: TextWrangler

skrippy12

Vote: Textmate

JulianMontez

VOTE: vim

detoys

Comment on Best Text Editor? Notepad++

ArthurElephino

VOTE: Notepad++

It is open source (free, if you want), has all the features you would expect and it is portable (runs from an USB stick). I use it for both quick and simple text editing and advanced programming tasks.

Zebroid

VOTE: Gedit (Linux)
VOTE: Notepad++ (Windows)

Vim/Emacs are obviously the best for power users, but gedit/notepad++ are good if you don't want to remember a bunch of commands.

nano is a useful command line editor if you don't know how to use vim/emacs.

metapad is a good notepad replacement if you don't want something as big as notepad++ but want more features than the regular Windows notepad. ([www.liquidninja.com])

BruceMagnus

For text processing: Vim.
For general use: Emacs on Linux, none on Windows! :)

srmdesi

VOTE: vim

(I would say XEmacs + viper-mode, but it just doesn't work like true vim.)

volatility

VOTE: UltraEdit
u gota pay but it's worth it...

synkronize

you gotta love the VIM!

yepnope

Comment on Best Text Editor? Vote: PSPad , can't beat it imho.

LilahDuck

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: Notepad++ for linux. pico/nano are great for "I just want to edit this one damn file and don't want to learn a whole new environment (emacs/vi) to do it"

ShyamalaOgodai

VOTE: TextPad null

BattistaMemnon

VOTE: TextPad (for Windows)
VOTE: Vim (for Linux)
VOTE: TextMate (for OS X)

Str4wb3ryf13ld5

VOTE: VIM

SuhagJebbus

VOTE: UltraEdit

Used to be NoteTab, but the features in UltraEdit are outstanding.

LtD0001

Comment on Best Text Editor? Vote: Notepad2 or VIM

ChapmanCabiri

Vote: Vi

Balthamos

Under windows:
GVimPortable - tres powerful&portable
Notepad2 - more powerful than it seems at first sight, and excellent for carrying on a usb stick - under a megaoctet. No bugs.

Under linux&unix variants:
Vim - I value portability and customability very much, almost above all other traits.

mr.luka

Vote: Intype

mootoole

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: TextMate

ElaineGlam

Comment on Best Text Editor? VOTE: edlin

BiancaRegillus

vote: Vim

appletag

VOTE: UltraEdit

so many cool features such as regex, column mode, syntax highlighting, tabs, find in files, compare files etc.
It's just fast and easy to work with it.

odi

VOTE: TextMate

There's just something about it.

timelord726

notepad 2

kklassy

Windows: Scite
Linux and OS X: vim (though I find myself using nano a lot now) gedit if you want a GUI app.

brianjmurray

VOTE: emacs

I couldn't live without my keyboard shortcuts. Simple. Fast. Not really that easy, but with cheat sheets... emacs is the best there is.

FreeChaos

vote: UltraEdit

Pyro979

VOTE: PSPad.

Reder

VOTE: Notepad++

Obviously. OSS, so many features I can't figure many of them out, fast, what more could you ask for?

wakeboarderal05

VOTE: vim

notjf

VOTE: Vim (MacVim is particularly nice)

llimllib

VOTE: Notepad

jasonk47

VOTE: Notepad++

For all the reasons stated above. I wish there was as good an OSS text editor for MacOS.

FoolsRun

VOTE: emacs

the daniel

DOS Navigator's editor, hands down. I've been using it for well over a decade, and haven't come across anything that's made me want to switch. (Being part of the best file manager ever made probably has something to do with that.) Line/block mode, clipboard appending with full Windows integration, file/cursor/highlight/directory/clipboard histories, macros, syntax/bracket/loop highlighting, all in a 160x80 window.

Well, you get the picture. About the only other text editor I ever use is SciTE, when I'm doing AutoIT programming and need all the extra utilities.

DeadlyDad

vote: notepad

koalasthewise

VOTE: web based writer :[writer.bighugelabs.com]
or nano for the desktop

surprised to see so many vim lovers here

GrayBird

VOTE: Notepad++

Plain old Notepad is pretty good too.

Featherstonehaugh

VOTE: Emacs.

(But on the other hand...[www.gnu.org])

LazloNibble

Vote: TextMate for Mac OS X

Incredible context-specific automation options included, plus ultimate flexibility and power for extending the built-in tools, and creating your own.

Alderete

You didn't specify OS.

Best Text Editor (Windows): TextPad

Best Text Editor (Unix): I install nano everywhere I go.

krom

VOTE: Notepad++

Incredible. Simply the best.

varun

VOTE: UltraEdit

I really need this for its excellent find/replace in files. Haven't found another editor that is as polished in this area.

goingportable

Vote: Textpad

jaycarter

VOTE: Textpad

Perhaps I'm old school, but I've just gotten so used to the look and feel of TP that I can't break away from it.

Dustin Meadows

VOTE: Textpad

NotDone

VOTE: Wily

Wily is the Windows/Mac/Unix port of Acme, The Programmer's Interface. Acme, originally written for Plan 9, treats all text exactly the same: you can select it with the left button, execute it with the middle button, or "goto" it with the right button. Goto will interpret what you've selected as a line number, if it's in the form ":14"; a filename, if such a file exists; a specific line in a file, for the form "foo.txt:14"; or, if all else fails, a search string. The selection can be used to provide arguments or standard input to executed text, and you can even pipe the selection into a command and then have the results replace the selection. It's just that cool.
[www.cse.yorku.ca]

rainrunner87

Vote: Textpad

BlogsOfSteel

VOTE: vim

(at the risk of offending users of every other linux text editor ever)

ianmcorvidae

Vote: TextPad (because I've used it for years)

But FlashDevelop is becoming my main editor. I mainly do actionscript and PHP.

danieltome

VOTE: Emacs

Especially now that it is freshened up as Emacs GTK, it provides a powerful interface for managing multiple text files.

It also handles automatically indenting code way better than any text editor I have encountered, other than VIM.

TheOtherShoe

VOTE: EditPad Pro

Torley

VOTE: Editplus

wyldwolf

vote: vim

jquinby

VOTE: UltraEdit

Paid for it at version 1.0, now at version 13.0. No regrets.

roddersg

VOTE: ULTRAEDIT

JamezHill

VOTE: nano/pico

I'm really surprised by the lack of emacs support. It seems pretty evenly divided between emacs and vi at my work. I never got the hang of either, and nano has a feature I really like, when I start typing, it starts editing :). If it was more important to me, I'd have to learn vi. It's really the best geek tool because it's on every Linux machine. Period.

jeffeb3

VOTE: Emacs, For The Butterflies

iqag

I use Winedt. Because I suck.

Actually it's a pretty good editor, but it does have some strange quirks that I still haven't worked out.

I use it for compiling LaTeX, of course, and for programming in Stata

wildgunman

VOTE: Notepad++
Hugely capable, supremely efficient, and eminently affordable (free).

craig

VOTE: Notepad++

Has everything I want, just love it =]

TKLink

VOTE: UltraEdit.

Hands-down, the best text editor for the Windows platform. From the formatting of the different file types, to the many features for editing the text, this program is a real work-horse.

rstory

Vote: Notepad++ for now
Teco if I ever get the time to learn it properly.

TheGreatNico

@pnavarrc: I can't put up with its interface, however.

keehun

VOTE: Notepad++ (Windows)
VOTE: TextMate (OSX)

jamescoleuk

Notepad++

infinitemonkeys

VOTE: TextMate

I use vi on remote servers, but it's appeal is that it's on every unix machine and you can edit live. Locally I only use it when I'm in a terminal doing something else.

forloop

VOTE: Notepad++

I've fallen in love with two features, one, runs from USB key, great for school. And two, has the syntax highlighting for whatever I'm working on.

Peter200lx

VOTE: Vim (GVim)

sophware

VOTE: TextMate

I suggest the vote results be split out by Mac and Windows text editors.

cipherswarm

vote: TextPad

rand1956

VOTE: Notepad

Although I am now in Ubuntu with the awesome Gedit, Notepad has made the most profound performance with me.

The Windows Key->'r'->'notepad'->Enter sequence is now a natural part of me whenever I need to quickly past text to read or to store.

Although notepad is not the most powerful nor anywhere near aesthetic, it's simplicity and ability to be used on any windows machine is what grants its power.

chensamurai

VOTE: KEDIT

ColoradoShark

Notepad++ the best period

srtor

VOTE: Programmer's File Editor

[www.lancs.ac.uk]

Completely free, completely awesome.

JC

VOTE: VIM

or gVim, for windows, or if you dont like the consol. It is very extensible, via the vimrc and via tons of plugins. Supports syntax highlighting for almost all languages...
VIM is just awesome!

Akumu

vote: Notepad ++

jrinco11

VOTE (WIndows): Notepad++
VOTE (Mac): textmate
Vote (linux): gedit (with tons of hacks)

mbs348

VOTE: SciTE

kuroshi

VOTE: Notepad2

The Amazing Ant

Notepad++ Been using it for years and love it!

hoplow

Vote: SciTE

pennstatephil

VOTE: Notepad++

tabs, great array of syntax highlighting, and quick. it just works.

Shmoo

Vote: Notepad++

simplicity with the perfect amount of complexity.

jonwilks

Vote: Gedit

Sinisterff

VOTE: Emacs

There can be only one.

jcabraham

VOTE: vim

Anyone not voting for vim has never learned to use vim (or is an emacs nut-case ;))

bradmont

@TheGreatNico: Why do you feel the need to learn teco? It is very old, and essnetially replaced by emacs.

NathanK

Vote: Textpad

It's above and beyond my favorite text editor, not to mention programmer's text editor.

callingshotgun

Vote: Notepad

not ++, just regular old notepad.

dkong1026

Vote: Notepad ++

markwms

VOTE: gedit (I <3 Linux)

but when I am forced to use windows it is notepad++

bryng

VOTE: Notepad++
Thanks Lifehacker!

imdaShiy

VOTE: jEdit

traceym1

VOTE: SciTe

twalling

VOTE: Notepad++

I kind of miss having a Windows machine solely for that app

Joe

Vote: Notepad2

artis

VOTE: jEdit

It's like that silly TextMate thing, but better

Ethan Allison

VOTE: HTML-KIT

Started using it years ago when I started w/ HTML. Once I had it configured the way I like it, I just never found a reason to try anything else. That seldom happens to a software junkie like me! Very extensible.

chefdkb175

VOTE: PSPad

All the features I expect in a text editor + a hex editor.

BoofusMcGoofus

>.> or didn't submit at all... what's up with it not submitting a vote?

Camann

VOTE: TextPad

Latest version of TextPad is 5.2, which is a significant update to the 4.7.3 that they were stuck at for a couple years.

Harshmage

VOTE: Emacs

Note: The title says "Best Text Editor" not "Favorite Text Editor"; otherwise I would have said vim. Emacs is out-of-this-world cool, but 99% of the world will only ever use 1% of it's capabilities...

[www.gnu.org]

tbranham

I get the feeling I submitted more than once... If I did please ignore the duplicates. Sorry.

Camann

Editor²
Comes with xplorer²

pschroeter

I vote for the E text editor. It's like Textmate, but for Windows.

J. D. Harper (aka Blog Jones)

VOTE: Notepad++
I love it. It's light but powerful.

VOTE: gedit

teerapap

VOTE: GEdit

Doesn't look like much until you start fooling around with the plugins.

mwheeler

VOTE: Crimson Editor

Too bad most people don't know about it. Hands down the best.

SouldrinK

Vote: textpad
though VIM should win hands down... I'm still a windows junkie but know very well that the capabalities of VIM beats anything hands down.

XsTatiC

VOTE: Notepad++

It seems to do everything I want and then some without being bloated; it's well maintained, and just plain works.

dkozinn

VOTE: TextMate (Mac) - nothin' else like it
VOTE: EmEditor (Windows) - virtually unknown but better than UltraEdit

@JC: Programmer's File Editor?? Wow, that's old-skool.

Rhywun

VOTE: Notepad++

I love it!

mongoosedoom

VOTE: DarkRoom

Awesome method for writing, I use it to compose blog posts and format information without any distractions...

For programming though, Notepad ++ all the way!

Regravity

VOTE: Darkroom

Shout out if you like typing without distraction! Woo!

Tricky

Vote: TextPad.

If only it were free... but nobody's perfect.

HeartBurnKid

VOTE: WinVI

All the benefits of vi, in Windows.

CJ

VOTE: Notepad ++

It amazing

Woodsyx

VOTE: Geany

photoboot

PSPad

bmeouf

VOTE: TextMate

(but it's nice knowing that vi is around on just about any non-Windows box I come across - so it comes in as a close second)

Bill

VOTE: Notepad++
VOTE: e-texteditor [e-texteditor.com]

Mori

I have to vote Metapad, that's what I'm using right now.

Have to say though, this "Hive Five" is a little too broad. The "best text editor" is largely dependent on what you want it for.

E.g. I don't know what people love about Vim or Emacs, but I've managed to live without it. All I need is a simple text editor that has some basic text handling features - converting case, stripping whitespace, undoing word wrap. I'm not interested in spending a month learning to do these things.

You need a separate Hive Five for those who live by the command line, and one for the rest of us who are still forced due to our lower intelligence to use a mouse every now and then.

Also, do you do coding? Then your best text editor will be something else as well. And what kind of coding etc., and what OS are you on?

I'm just afraid this Hive Five won't produce anything useful for me.

djnrempel

Vote: UltraEdit

It is inexpensive, has great support, and keeps getting better with each upgrade.

kummerow

VOTE:Notepad++

DaoKaioshin

VOTE (UNIX): Vim
VOTE (Windows): Notepad++

send9

I'll add another vote for Notepad++

kevinn

VOTE: Notepad++ 

Camann

vote: vim

Though I only use it sparingly now; Coda has replaced it.
I loved the way Vim pretty much lets me get things done without hassle or waiting.

Jspr

vim hands down.

lecti

Of course, it has to be VIM

shantanu goel

VOTE: UltraEdit

Using it for over 10 years and haven't found anything better for web work.

smartminion

VOTE: Notepad++

VOTE: Gedit

ub

VOTE: EditPad Lite

yochanan_marqos

emacs. in console mode of course.

Per Erik Strandberg

VOTE: Crimson Editor

goldmember1

Vote: Editpad Pro/Editpad Lite on the PC.

Kinimat

Vote: Notepad2

But if someone can tell me how to get an inverted color scheme in Notepad++, I may switch.

Cyfun

VOTE: Darkroom

Regravity

VOTE: NoteTab

(formerly known as Super Notetab)

It's firefox for your text. ;-)

TsuKata

notepad++.

Also notepad2, esp. as portable, no-install app (not that you must install notepad++, but notepad2 is still lighter).

Used to be TextPad, but why pay for something inferior (no Unicode, for heaven's sake!)?

daph2001

Again I am in a ranting mood. Notepad++ is voted so many times here. Its a good option, no doubt about it. But try some advanced features and you see glaring bugs.
1. Try Block select(Alt+select) on variable length line...Notepad++ can't handle this basic thing.
2. Try RegEx Search/Replace, Notepad++ fails again.

upnishad

Metapad is nice, light, and VERY portable, but no spell check or all that extra helpful environment stuff for C, Basic, HTML, Perl, etc.

gVIM has all the goodies, but spell check is tricky, and you have to learn VI to get the most out of it.

Otherwise, Notepad++, although the web site has VERY ANNOYING graphics of lizard with a long tongue, that AdBlock seems impotent against.

bachcottage