The problem with Freelancer and the Notepad people is that they have failed to provide reasons why color highlighting is BAD. For example, why does color cause clutter?
It can't hurt...
Honestly, maybe full-fledged color coding isn't necessary, but I at least like to have strings and comments in different colors.
Notepad's weaknesses have nothing to do with color coding though, as StrikeAthius pointed out. Quickly being able to see where parenthetical expressions begin and end is a nice feature on Crimson Editor. I would recommend Crimson Editor. You can *turn off* the color feature if you must, but I could hardly live without it once I got used to it during my programming days.
It can't hurt...
Honestly, maybe full-fledged color coding isn't necessary, but I at least like to have strings and comments in different colors.
Notepad's weaknesses have nothing to do with color coding though, as StrikeAthius pointed out. Quickly being able to see where parenthetical expressions begin and end is a nice feature on Crimson Editor. I would recommend Crimson Editor. You can *turn off* the color feature if you must, but I could hardly live without it once I got used to it during my programming days.