sryo: I tried Alphaedit and it's editing engine seems superb. It also has tabs and all the goodies man could hope for... except that it only edits and syntax-highlights Litestep-specific files properly. Has anyone any idea if they're going to expand it to cover other formats too?

RabidCow: I used SciTE a few years ago. It's actually very good and has nice features, but in my opinion it was annoying to work with because it had no real support for multiple open files. I just checked on it again, but that had not been implemented.

And I really can't understand how people get away with notepad. Metapad seemed quite handy, but still seemed a bit scare on features, especially the absence(?) of line numbering was strange, and I like tabs more than multiple open editor widows. Thanks for the recommendation anyway.

Also, at least I pay no attention to the size and bulkiness of a text editor. The startup time shouldn't matter, as like web browsers, the text editor will remain active for as long as the machine stays on. It need not ever be closed, so you'll only have to wait it to load once.