The vim plugin is a good extension. You get all the automated viewing / searching / generation (if need be), plus the "hands planted on the keyboard" few-key-strokes low level editing.

E.g. - the "yank" (y) and "put" (p) command combos are nice for quickly rearranging a few small things - yank (N) word(s), yank (N) line(s), move a bit (N words/lines), put chunk in new place.