Notepad++ is now my most commonly used text editing tool, which uses the column mode editing, which is also very good to use.
Basic shortcut keys:
Ctrl-c,ctrl-x,ctrl-v,ctrl-y,ctrl-a,ctrl-f,ctrl-s,ctrl-o,ctrl-n,ctrl-w,ctrl-tab,ctrl-p,alt-f4
Use of several other shortcut keys:
Ctrl-h Open Find/replace dialog box
Ctrl-d copying when moving forward
Ctrl-l Delete When moving forward
Ctrl-t up and down line exchange
F3 Find the next
Shift-f3 find the last
Ctrl-shift-f Find in File
CTRL-F2 triggering bookmarks
F2 to previous Bookmark
Shift-f2 to next Bookmark
F5 Open the Run dialog box
Ctrl-space Open calltip list box
Tab (selection of several lines) join space
Shift-tab (selection of several lines) removing space
F11 fullscreen
Alt-0 Folding All
alt-shift-0 Expand All
Ctrl-u into lowercase
Ctrl-shift-u into uppercase
Ctrl-q block comment/Dismiss comment
From: Yards Nong Zhao Peng
notepad++ shortcut keys