There are lots of Notepad replacements. Many are too ambitious, and take longer to load than a basic text editor should. Here's one that does just what it ought to, with no waiting time.
... a great little (just 33 KB) Notepad replacement. Metapad offers a toolbar and status bar, the ability to open files of unlimited size, multiple levels of undo/redo, and hyperlink support. It's nimble too -- just like Notepad, it was created in pure ANSI C with the Win32 API.
