When comparing Notepad2-mod vs Textadept, the Slant community recommends Notepad2-mod for most people. In the question“What are the best simple text editors for Windows?” Notepad2-mod is ranked 7th while Textadept is ranked 17th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Can replace Windows Notepad
Pro Simple and fast
Pro Code folding
Pro Syntax highlighting
Supports more languages than the original Notepad2.
Pro Has both GUI and TUI
Both text and GUI versions behave mostly the same, just the way notepad users would expect it to.
Like shift+arrows - select, Ctrl+c - copy, Ctrl+o - open a file.
Pro Cross-platform
It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pro Small and portable
Has very few dependencies, and very small footprint. Can be copied to a new system in a moment, unpacked and be at your service.
Pro Scriptable
Has a built-in lua engine.
Cons
Con Certain useful features are missing
No multi-caret.
Markdown syntax colouring for headers, quotes, etc. only styles the character, not the line.
Con Community
Does not have an IRC channel or some kind of forum where a community of developers/plugin writers could evolve around. Has a mailing list which is said to be active but that does not feel that attractive.