notepad and richedit - why?

[Shachar Shemesh]

Hi,

I was going over the notepad code, and it is implemented using richedit. 
My question is - why? There is no functionality there that is not also 
available through the usual Edit control. The Windows notepad is 
notoriously implemented via the edit control. Is there a special reason 
why our notepad is different here?

            Shachar