To those suggesting Vim/Emacs require less mouse usage than an IDE: I see little more than anecdotal evidence to support this. I personally use Visual Studio ex

To those suggesting Vim/Emacs require less mouse usage than an IDE: I see little more than anecdotal evidence to support this. I personally use Visual Studio extensively in combination with the ViEmu pluggin, and I'd like to think that doing so is both more productive and utilizes the mouse less than a combination of screen/vim would. After configuring keyboard shortcuts, there is almost nothing I need to use the mouse for in Visual Studio. I get the benefits of using Vim plus I get the additional benefits of code completion, project management facilities, debugging utilities, and much more. Honestly, I fail to see the advantage to this approach.