My goto notepad for awhile has been Notetab. While I wasn’t unhappy with Notetab, I decided it was time for a change and to try out some different Windows text editors. I downloaded and installed Notepad++ open source code editor written in C++ with a pure win 32 API. And yes, it works on Windows Vista.

There is a plugin structure and on the Notepad++ download page several optional free plugins are available.

By default code syntax is color coded with line numbering along the side and spellchecker. Tabbed interface, macros and clean UI. What text editor are you using on Windows Vista?