Emacs has what you called the hit-one-key-and-access-code-anywhere mentality, and I think part of the reason Emacs users tend to use it for much more than just

Emacs has what you called the hit-one-key-and-access-code-anywhere mentality, and I think part of the reason Emacs users tend to use it for much more than just editing text is exactly the appeal of an OS with that mentality.