[Dewie3]

> I hear what you're saying. But I've been programming for 35 years. I've found that getting syntax right is at worst a tiny percentage of my time/energy/brain cost when doing programming.

I don't want structural editing because I can't remember the syntax of a language. I want it because I want to edit the code more efficiently. I don't know if I'll really be more efficient, but that's nonetheless what I want.

People who use more plain editors like Gedit or Notepad++ might scoff at Emacs or Vim users. But if they think that power editor users use them is because they can't write or navigate text, they're really missing the point. The point is to navigate and edit text more efficiently.