On: Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi

[burgerbrain]

You won't hear any defense from me for Emacs, and Vim is certainly very debatable, but Vi is as UNIX as it gets: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/

And expecting Vi(m) to use whatever shortcuts are standard for Mac applications is of course absurd. It isn't a Mac application, it's Vi.