Those who program in C and other languages might look at http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=crimson+Editor&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
This is a free text editor with some good features.. It can show different items in colour.
You can configure it to provide a backup every time you save. It also has a lot of features that I have’nt used.
It is certainly one up on Notepad.
I have been using it for about 6 months.
Regards Robin
Hello Robin,
Thank you for sharing this! 
Colorized code is a very useful feature - and an internal backup-mechanism should be available for every editor …but unfortunately is not so common; I’m using Xcode because it’s a wonderful Integrated Development Environment; but I always have to do my backups manually…
Best regards,
Michael
There are no numbered lines on Crimson, didnt find an activation for this in the options…
I prefer more to Ultraedit for better code handling…
Regards
MTE
The screenshot on the download page shows line numbers 
To MTE
I use line nimbering. You switch on or off, using view.
Right clicking on the line number provides a sub menu for bookmarking and a line goto.
Robin