wxMEdit (formerly MadEdit) filled that niche for me for years. It does seem that recent versions do have some bugs that occasionally rear their head, but it's s

wxMEdit (formerly MadEdit) filled that niche for me for years. It does seem that recent versions do have some bugs that occasionally rear their head, but it's still very usable. At least it was for me, Using Notepad++ for editing config files, batch files, large sql stuff from time to time and the occasional binary. Including search and replace in a bunch of directories.