I’ve been using the term “search-centric” for a while now (not sure if
other people like to use it or have). To me that means that you are
always thinking — not of the shortcut or hotkey to use — but of the
terms and characters and unique spans of text that will get you where
you want to be. Whether it be the next letter in the line a few words away
that I want to get to, or cut to, or delete to, or it is something in
the header of a Markdown file, I can use the / for more anything and
the t for stuff in the line.
This is why it is so critical to create a Markdown basic syntax of
one-best-ways of doing things and sticking with it so that you can
reliably identify, say, all the horizontal rules ---- or headings
^## or days of a schedule that have been linked with anchors. This
allows ridiculously easy editing and repetition when combined with n
(to find the next one) and . (to repeat).
This also applies more broadly to using a computer by typing the search/command key and entering the keyword. (I’ve not used the menus on a system in over a decade.)