Dont pout 
There is nothing wrong with crazy deeds, quite the contrary. I absolutely agree that only those who disagree with the status quo will find new and maybe better ways to do something. One of the best examples - imho - the fact that women could not vote if they had not been against the established ways.
But you will forgive me that I just tried to point out that in the case of a text editor “simpler than notepad++” I wanted to save you some work…
Obviously your idea made me take time to think about your task. And I feel it was time well spent. But Im quite sure there are indeed problems that have been solved and that we can profit from other peoples work. Thats how scientific research works after all, no ?