Very short start-up time, no delays during use.

Notepad++ has built-in support for syntax highlighting for a wide selection of programming languages.

Notepad++ is licensed under GPL, which means it is free/open source software that you can use freely.

The user can open and edit files in multiple screens within the editor window.

While it is disabled by default, when enabled, it is possible to edit more than one line at a time. This is helpful in many situations.

You can define your own custom syntax highlighting rules (or add support for others) .

If you have the Plugin Manager installed you can search for MarkdownViewer++ and install it via that plugin.

Very easy to use and personalize.

Notepad++ is a very light program that starts almost instantly. This makes it a great text editor for users that want something that will start the second they open it.

Handles large files (10+ MB) better than Sublime.

If you close Notepad++ (npp), your documents remain even if you haven't saved.

In Notepad++, the user can utilise regular expressions to quickly modify text across multiple files.

You can get a portable version of N++ and put it on a flash drive or your dropbox account and have your editor, configured the way you like, at any computer that you are on.

A list of hundreds of plugins is maintained.

Simply click the line gutter to toggle a bookmark, then use (Shift)F2 to switch between bookmarks.