if there were indeed hundreds of thousands of text editors, then yes, the way your thinking flows would be warranted
but in reality there are less then a hundred alltogether for all time
each is a project of passion, and all are resultant in a peculiar, particular and special kind of thing to do a special kind of thing
you can't select a thing the VIM way and then do something to it the Emacs way
you can't eat Catholic while working Maori
or you can, but then it is just another special thing that you made up
text isn't a thing
code is a thing (many ways, depending on the approach), prose is a thing (many ways), poetry is a thing, legal writing is a thing
text is not a problem that can be solutioned, it is not a question that has an answer
but in reality there are less then a hundred alltogether for all time
each is a project of passion, and all are resultant in a peculiar, particular and special kind of thing to do a special kind of thing
you can't select a thing the VIM way and then do something to it the Emacs way
you can't eat Catholic while working Maori
or you can, but then it is just another special thing that you made up
text isn't a thing
code is a thing (many ways, depending on the approach), prose is a thing (many ways), poetry is a thing, legal writing is a thing
text is not a problem that can be solutioned, it is not a question that has an answer