Good text/code editor

Hey
What's a good code/text editor? Something like notepad but that highlights html code, strings etc. And I don't want it to choke on big files like notepad does...

Because it's more efficient. Sure, you could reach for the mouse  and search the menus for that one function you're looking for. Sure, you can press the left arrow-key to the end of the line, and press Enter to add a new one. Or, you can do the same thing in gvim/emacs in seconds with a few keystrokes. (Of course you can search the menus as well, if that's how you enjoy working, both emacs and gvim has menus)

Anyways, vim/gvim > everything.
Why? because of the shortcuts and the general efficiency of it. Of course you need to spend a little time setting up the config file, but once you've done that, you'll never return to kate or any other editor.