> I have long used gnotepad+ also, but lately, due to the reasons you have > offered, I have used gxedit. It seems to be about at the point of > functionality that gnotepad+ used to be when I thought it was so handy. > You would have to try it yourself to see if it suited you. Gedit seems > like it would be really nice and trim, but I've often had trouble with > segfaults etc. while trying to use it. I'll keep trying, but for now I > use gxedit.
hrm, it's nice and has more (and more useful) features then gnotepad+ but it can't open more then one document at once which is my main requirement. i'll check out gedit as well. thanks though. adam.