• work with various programming environments
• like highlighted syntax in code
• need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
• are looking for a tool to work with plain text
• want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products

PSPad features:

• work with projects
• work on several documents at the same time (MDI)
• Save desktop session to later reopen all open files
• FTP client - you can edit files directly from the web
• macro recorder to record, save and load macros
• search and replace in files
• text difference with color-coded differences highlighted
• templates (HTML tags, scripts, code templates...)
• installation contains templates for HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-Dos, Perl,...
• syntax highlighting auto set by file type
• user-defined highlighters for exotic environments
• auto correction
• intelligent internal HTML preview using IE and Mozilla
• full HEX editor
• call external programs, different for each environment
• external compiler with catch command output, log window, log parser for each environment for "IDE" effect
• color syntax highlight printing and print preview
• integrated TiDy library for formatting and checking HTML code, conversion to CSS, XML, XHTML
• integrated free version of top CSS editor TopStyle Lite
• export with highlight to RTF, HTML, TeX format into file or clipboard
• column block select, bookmarks, line numbers, ...
• reformat and compress HTML code, tags char case change
• line sorting with ability to sort on defined column, with option to drop duplicates
• ASCII chart with HTML entities
• Code explorer for Pascal, INI, HTML, XML, PHP, and more in future
• spell checker
• internal web browser with APACHE support
• matching bracket highlighting
• supports extensions, plenty available on a Web site (database access, word count, dir2html, XMLFormat and more)