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...

Ultra Edit - Can I jump words? Can I use visual blocks? Can not hold down a modifier to navigate? Can I jump to line numbers in less 2+n keystrokes (where n is the number of digits in the number). Can I start searching for a word I am currently hovering over with 1 key?
Visual Studio -text editing? Code editing.. ok.. but but but but can I navigate via the keyboard effectively? Can I vertical edit? Can I modify square blocks of text effeciently? Can I code in OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, 4th, C, C++, Java easily in it?
Kate - uh come on now, it doesn't have hardly anyfeatures, no vertical editing.

See the problem here is there are a group of people who know what Vim and Emacs actually are then the vast majority here simply don't.