Here is a list of some very useful free notepad like editors to design the layout of your web sites. Well, I guess they can come handy for writing code for any programming language, not only html or php.
jedit: [http://www.jedit.org/]
nedit: [http://www.nedit.org/]
netpadd: [http://www.netpadd.com/]
araneae: [http://www.araneae.com/]
1st page: [http://www.evrsoft.com/]
ezpad: [http://www.mmedia.is/ezpad/]
acehtml: [http://freeware.acehtml.com/]
notetab light: [http://www.notetab.com/]
tswebeditor: [http://tswebeditor.net.tc/]
html-kit: [http://www.chami.com/html-kit/]
pspad: [http://www.pspad.com/index_en.html]
websmill: [http://www.xtreeme.com/websmill/]
metapad: [http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/]
quanta (linux): [http://quanta.sourceforge.net/]
notespad: [http://www.newbie.net/NotesPad/index.html]
grey matter pro: [http://www.pagetutor.com/misc/grey.html]
editpad lite: [http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html]
stones webwrite: [http://www.webwriter.dk/english/index.htm]
matizha sublime: [http://www.matizha.com/en/products/sublime/]
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