The idea that vim and emacs are not distracting because they don't have features was a little odd. I think he means that they don't make you feel like you have

The idea that vim and emacs are not distracting because they don't have features was a little odd. I think he means that they don't make you feel like you have to style the content, maybe. In a period of quiet desperation, I was using the Dark Room text editor in full screen, but I get by on Notepad++ and gedit these days. The main advantage I find is that they launch quickly and they rarely go slower than you can.