That isn't a perfect reason to not customize your local editor. Most all allow opening remote files and shells. And simpler things like recently opened files

That isn't a perfect reason to not customize your local editor. Most all allow opening remote files and shells. And simpler things like recently opened files can already be very convenient. Simply put, IDE in the IDEA sense is not the only end goal. Such that that straw man is obnoxious. Now, it is perfectly fine to just not want to. Such that I am not saying you should reconsider. Just don't be too proud of that reasoning.