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...

>>65 Wrong. Vi and emacs *are an* extreme. Both are ancient technology (both dating from the 70's) which use outdated UI models to accomplish basic tasks (eg vi's command/edit mode).

I've been using *nix for a number of years, and I can navigate vi; but it's still inferior to the alternatives that are out there.