It sounds like the challenge is similar to that of a Linux distribution: where it's not just a matter of "installing Linux", but choosing one that has most of w

It sounds like the challenge is similar to that of a Linux distribution: where it's not just a matter of "installing Linux", but choosing one that has most of what you want already. Perhaps there's a need to have "vim distributions" and "emacs distributions" that come pre-installed and preconfigured according to certain needs, such as this one.