[lolinder]

I guess I should have been more specific: I get all that about CLIs, but that doesn't really explain wanting your editor to run in the terminal. I usually have an IDE open alongside a bunch of terminal windows. What am I losing by not also running my editor in a terminal?

[maxbond]

You're probably not losing out on anything if that's comfortable for you. The primary advantage to me is avoiding context switching between a GUI and terminal mental model. But that probably just doesn't bother you.