thanks all for suggestions!
i've set up notepad++ for general use now, plugins are a plus, i often sort text files (erasing dupes) and use a lot column sort, column filling/erase, etc...
Sublime is (2 and 3?) is very powerful, but i've read they stopped supporting it (still it's enough for anyone)
also @vodoley, great discovery of FlexHex, i've been using hiew for YEARS, and other hex editors in windows for minor work (neo, winhex), i know of some hexeditors that support "User-defined Data Types" (records), but i've tested flexhex, and works perfect for me!
sometimes i miss my old Boxer for dos
, oh, and Aurora!, anyone used Aurora for DOS?
thanks all!