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> That sounds like limiting the functionality of the whole computer to what the text editor can do.

Not really. It's about putting the most frequent features into your editor, so they can be accessed effortlessly. If you have to do something which is less frequent and the editor does not support it then you still have the terminal.

> If I wanted to check `git status`, I just type `<super+h>git s<enter>`. To go back to the editor, `<super+l>`. There's really not much difference with a single character shortcut.

It's efficient compared to switching to the terminal with alt-tab or something, though by single shortcut I meant that you can use it right in your editor buffer, so it's really just pressing one or two keys vs. `<super+h>git s<enter>`



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