Nano and almost everything here you listed (without vim bindings) are not modal editors. Here's some other professional advice: people liked vim because it is

Nano and almost everything here you listed (without vim bindings) are not modal editors. Here's some other professional advice: people liked vim because it is modal, that means the coding process itself can be automated, scripted on, insanely fast and can completely forego mouse/touchpad input. Vim bindings by themselves are great, but they are not fully vim, for instance, most vim bindings including this website does not support `:norm`