cEdit is an advanced and free alternative to both common text editors, and IDE's. It has many of the features found in shareware editors, including extensive language support, function listing, built in FTP, projects, and docking support.
Programs of which I have written for Win32 (some ported to Linux). We make a WordProcessor (WPi) and a web browser, as well as many handy tools. We also make a spell checker which can be integrated into existing applications.