PSPad editor is a programmers editor with support for multiple syntax highlighting profiles. It comes with a hex editor, CP conversion, text differences, templates, macros, spellcheck option, auto-completion, Code Explorer and much more. The program is pre-configured for the most popular programming languages (VB, C++, SQL, PHP, ASP, Python etc.) and you can further customize the syntax settings.

PSpad is from it's begin developed in cooperation with users. It doesn't contains ton's of functions but on the other side it contains near all you need for text editing. PSPad offers easy customizing, extending with code clips, scripts, user can easy add new language what isn't supported yet. PSpad is fully free for commercial, government and academic purposes too.