It's a curious thing, programmers tend to not write their own editors/IDEs... everything else is reinvented, NIH syndrone, but not that. I don't think it's ext

It's a curious thing, programmers tend to not write their own editors/IDEs... everything else is reinvented, NIH syndrone, but not that. I don't think it's external packages (actually, internal packages eg syntax colouring, various completions, are a stronger argument), nor the related maturity quality of being debugged, and feature-gaps/annoyances filled, buffed, polished. I think it's: (1) once you get adapted to finger bindings, you're reluctant to lose that investment by switching. (2) when you first start coding, you have to use an existing editor. It takes some time before you are able to write an editor, or that you start looking at the editor, rather than looking through it. By then, see (1)