Free Text & HTML Editors
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement) which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment. Extremely light and with huge number of features.
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
metapad
metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more.
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Vim
The Windows port of the famous Vim text editor on Windows.
http://www.vim.org/
EditPad
EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. EditPad Lite works with Windows 95, NT4, 98, 2000, ME and XP.
http://www.editpadpro.net/editpadlite.html
HTML Builder XP
HTML Builder XP is a powerful, professional and easy to use development environment for HTML. HTML Builder has been developed to include features which will help you to develop webpages faster, more efficiently and easier then ever before!
http://www.code-builders.com/hbxp.shtml
