Ranjan Maitra via users composed on 2023-11-14 13:26 (UTC-0600):
What really irritates me about vi and its friends is that it throws you out of editing (insert) mode in order to save the file, and needs another key to come back in.
I suppose mcedit, from within or without mc, or filecommander's editor, are not your cup of tea either, perhaps too much like nano? I primarly use both, more often fc's in X, (not available without), rarely vi, and nano only when my primaries are unavailable (as in a limited environment), and emacs as yet, never.