Notepad++ is a free (under the GPL license) source code editor which supports several programming languages under Windows environment. It’s also a lightweight replacement of Notepad.
The version 2.7 contains several new features and fixed bugs,
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This looked like an easy thing to test so I downloaded it to compare it to my current favorite, Jedit. I have to say that I was impressed with the speed it loads. The interface is nice and clean. It has tabs, syntax highlighting and folding. In general it is pretty slick and faster than Jedit. I think I will give this guy an extended tryout.