[TheBoff]

Goodness, this is depressing. I wonder what on earth this guy would say about my breaks to play foosball?

Configuring an editor can be thought of as a similar thing: it can be a fun break from programming, and if it even slightly increases productivity, then that's a win.

I don't think any editor person would argue that using an a particular editor gives a really massive increase in their productivity, but why shouldn't we use specialist editors? It just feels good to write with them, and that can't be a bad thing.