Ctrl+F for Find is a common standard, for example, but it's hit or miss whether this is Ctrl+F for Find (and that's your lot! Find & Replace is something entirely different), Ctrl+F for Find (and you have a checkbox for Replace), Ctrl+F for Find (and you have a checkbox for Replace... and this is how you search across multiple files as well). And there are multiple standards for all of these additional options. Your muscle memory will be useless no matter what you're used to. You're welcome to describe emacs as unusual... but don't assume everything else is a nirvana of UI consistency. The process of "just" switching can be a bit more inconvenient than you might think ;)

When I'm working on Python code, I'm in PyCharm. My C++ work on Windows is in Visual Studio. When I ssh into the Linux machine that serves our in-house documentation to make changes, I'm using vim. On OSX, I use BBEDit most of the time. When I'm writing a letter, I'm usually in Word or Google Docs.

I think if I spent all day every day in one environment, I would get bored.

Yes, at least whenever possible.

> I think if I spent all day every day in one environment, I would get bored.

The opposite perspective: It's extremely frustrating constantly switching between significantly different environments with different UIs, different hotkeys, subtly different jargon, etc.

Maybe that's the difference. I'm not a productive multitasker. When I have some Python to work on, that's all I'm doing for the next day or two. I'm not jumping from Word to PyCharm to Vim all day.

Personally, mapping Caps Lock to Ctrl (which I do anyway) and using Ctrl-C works best. I use vim and IntelliJ's vim emulation on an international keyboard where Ctrl-[ won't work.

Got it. Thanks.

If you think that places me on the other side of the argument (it doesn't), that's on you. It simply puts me in the middle.