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I've spent alot of the past few days tweaking little details in nmake files (used for post build events). I quickly grew tired of the builitin Notepad and all its limitations.  A few minutes of Googling found dozens (NoteTab, UltraEdit ($), NotePad2, NotePad++).  I like both '2' and '++' - both support syntax highlighting (for many languages), solid support search & replace (including regex) ... STOP reading go and play with them.

In the end I choose NotePad++ because it supports having a number of files open at once (via tabs).

Thanks to the PowerToys weblog

BTW Programmers Notepad might also be worth a look.