No, it hasn't been a few years, because it only recently started doing it. (although it is possible I'm confusing it with a different editor)
It used to work differently in different "modes", like when it was in an HTML section, which it still might be doing. It really should be specifiable, though, as I suggested. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,56356,56364> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
