TextPad Alternative?

[MagSafe]

hey there

just about to pay the £16 for TextPad as I need a simple text editor with syntax highlighting and was wondering if there was any free alternatives?

Crimson looks ok but have used it before and wasen't to keen.

any suggestions?

thanks

edit: oops, meant to put this in the Windows forum, but i guess here will have to do!

 

[MagSafe]

thanks for that, just spent the money of TextPad though.

i used it throughout uni so may aswell stick to it.