I'm kinda the opposite way, now. The normal mode in Helix feels great to me; you press space and get an annotated menu of keyboard shortcuts. Space + f drops yo

I'm kinda the opposite way, now. The normal mode in Helix feels great to me; you press space and get an annotated menu of keyboard shortcuts. Space + f drops you into a file search for the current directory. Space + w + h gives you a split, Space + w + w switches splits, and closing any one is a quick :q! away. To me it feels the closest I've seen a terminal editor get to that VS Code comfort of everything being at arm's reach. But it does take a bit of exploring to find the good parts; I also recommend micro to people that don't enjoy the modal editing lifestyle.