Iria

SavageEd is a freeware, opensourse (sic) notepad replacement project designed to offer smoother and faster operation with comparable or more features at a file size of 32k or less.

Overview of features:

Written in an x86 assembly language (HLA)
No installation, uncompress and run
Open large files limited by memory
Optionally use menus to save settings/font choice in either system registry, or in a private initialization file.
In-menu uninstall from registry (if installed by user).
Improved find/replace dialog -quick find: double click to highlite word, Find Next (F3) to find next instance.
Dual direction LOG files (append updates to 'end of file' or 'top of file'.
Read Only mode
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Source / Download: Majorgeeks
Freeware

IvanV

Why would anyone write a Notepad replacement in assembly?!

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Matth

Not the first, what about:
TheGun Text Editor
Actually, several on that site, but "the Gun" has the distinction of being the smallest.

Not sure if the main reason for notepad replacements still applies, does XP Notepad still have the 64k limit?

As for pure ASM - small, fast code, no runtime DLL dependencies, and, like climbing a mountain, because they can!

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Her father shot it dead
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