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Why yes, that
would be it. Add regex search & replace, color highlighting, line numbers and folding, and that covers it.
If I need to do anything more fancy I'll throw a 30-second hack together in perl or ruby rather than regurgitate some arcane commands I can barely remember that are also completely useless elsewhere. Commands that took months to master (did you get those months back in added productivity?).
The common case is just that: common. You're an idiot for wasting your time, and now expect we should too? Besides, what kind of programs are you writing where your precious shortcuts make any difference in productivity?