I never cared for Notepad, either. For several years I've been pretty happy using PFE (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/) as a general purpose editor. A quick reading of the EditPAD description makes the two sound very similar. Has anyone got any comparative experience with both editors? I'd be interested in your comments. I've got so much stuff installed on my computer now that I'm reluctant to install both. I might, however, swap out PFE for EditPad if it seems clearly superior.