In short... You should use any text capable editor you feel comfortable with.

FREEWARE EDITORS
BackEdit v11 http://jansfreeware.com/
Coda v2.4 http://www.xoology.com/concertox/xool/home/products/coda.html
ConTEXT v0.96.3 http://fixedsys.com/context
Crimson Editor v3.6 http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Delphad v1.9.4 http://www.hushpage.com/Delphad/delphad.html
Developers Pad Beta 2c (v0.5.929) http://www.developerspad.com/
EditPad Lite v5.3.0 http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
Emacs v21.2 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/
ExtremePad 2.2 http://www.exproductions.com/
HDS Pad v4.0 http://www.hds-pad.com/
Jarte v2.0 http://www.jarte.com
jEdit v4.2 http://www.jedit.org/
Jext v3.2 (Java based) http://www.jext.org/
Kixtarter v3.6 http://www.thatguyssoftware.com/kixtarter.html
Metapad v3.5 http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
NotePad ++ v2.9 http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
NotepadEx v1.7.7.4 http://www.student.tue.nl/u/t.a.v.roermund/notepadex/
NoteTab Light v4.95 http://www.notetab.com/
PowerHTML v2.0 http://library.thinkquest.org/C001341/phtml/index.php3
Programmer's File Editor (32-bit) 1.01 (no longer developed) http://download.com.com/3000-2352-904159.html
PsPad (4.3.3 (2092)) http://pspad.com
Shalom Txt v1.2 http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/stxt/
SuperEdi v3.3.1 http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi
TextIt v1.012 http://www.sventore.com/index.php
tfmEditor http://www.pacifier.com/~tfm/
Vim v6.2 http://www.vim.org
WinVi v2.94 http://www.winvi.de/en/

COMMERCIAL EDITORS
Admin Script Editor v2.1.1735 - $99.00 with one year of upgrade protection http://adminscripteditor.com
Antechinus C# Programming Editor v6.0 - $49.95 http://www.c-point.com/csharp.htm
Boxer Text Editor v10.0 - $59.99 http://www.boxersoftware.com/
Castillo TextEditor v4.0 - $29.95 http://www.castillobueno.com/index.htm
Code-Genie v4.02.03 - $24.00 http://www.code-genie.com/
CodeWright v7.5 - $299.00 http://www.borland.com/codewright
Daily Edit v2.3 - $29.95 http://www.anvasoft.com/
Editeur v5.31 - $28.00 http://www.studioware.com/
EditExt - $24.95 http://www.dcalcoda.com/editorpro.html
EditPad Pro v5.3.2 - $39.95 http://www.editpadpro.com/
EditPlus v2.12 - $30.00 http://www.editplus.com/
EmEditor Pro v4.0 - $39.95 http://www.emurasoft.com
GWD v3.2 - $29.95 http://www.gwdsoft.com/
Lemmy v4.5 - $20.00 http://www.softwareonline.org/index.html
NoteTab Pro v4.95 - $19.95 http://www.notetab.com
NoteTab Std v4.95 - $9.95 http://www.notetab.com
PrimalCode v3.1 - $249.00 http://www.primalscript.com
PrimalScript v3.1 - $179.00 http://www.primalscript.com
SannySoft Perl Editor Pro v2.0 - $44.95 http://www.sannysoft.com/
TextPad v4.7.2 - $29.30 http://www.textpad.com/
Texturizer v1.9 - $19.95 http://www.texturizer.net/
UltraEdit v10.20 - $35.00 http://www.ultraedit.com/
Visual SlickEdit 9.0 - $299.00 http://www.slickedit.com
WinEdt v5 - $70.00 http://www.winedt.com

Search and replace
InfoRapid v3.1f - Freeware http://www.inforapid.de/
ReplaceEm v2.0 - Freeware http://www.boolean.ca/replace/
Search and Replace v5.1 - $25.00 http://www.funduc.com/search_replace.htm
WinMerge v2.2 - Freeware http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

Edited by NTDOC (2006-07-25 10:49 PM)