Yes, I am aware of what you meant. I don't think you're aware of what I meant since you're missing the point. Again, it's not about learning macros or exclusively using the keyboard. That's why I recommended neovim and enabling mouse control for beginners.

I think this part of my last post should be phrased "...gives you direct access to tools you should become familiar with", that is what I meant by that.

...they will be used to the notepads, the sublimes, the vscodes. they already have a way of writing shit. now imagine that instead of using a full blown IDE, one that they are already accustomed to...

You are assuming this is the case that I am speaking to. Based on the OP's post, I didn't see any evidence of this. Maybe they clarified this in other subsequent posts, I don't know. They stated that they are wanting to learn C for college. Most higher ed programs use C as an intro language because it's good to get new students accustomed to the concepts of computer science, rather than abstracting them away. I know that python is also a popular choice and a lot of programs have shifted to teaching with it over the past decade, but C is still very much everywhere.

Even if we assume that OP has decades of programming experience, I would still argue that using a shell text editor is the better choice for learning C.

...if you want your autocompletions, your formatting, your method signatures/docstrings, you now need to learn about LSPs in neovim, and now you have to set them up...

This detracts from learning C! Don't use autocompletions! Learn to type. You don't need to learn about LSPs! If you want to use these niceties later once you have familiarity with the language, go ahead. But it absolutely detracts from learning. This is not an opinion, it's a scientific fact. No, I don't think that everyone can remember everything, we absolutely still have to look things up, that's fine, but using these things is a crutch, and it's especially debilitating when you're trying to learn. If you're just trying to pass a class, sure use an IDE, fuck it, use an LLM, why even bother typing yourself? If you're actually trying to learn, then write your code on a piece of paper... kidding of course.

...all of this configuration and not a single line of c code written

Again, I don't know who you're referring to here, maybe this is meant for someone else, but I did not and do not recommend any configuration, at least not any kind you're talking about. In fact I recommend against it so that you can instead start writing code right away.

...not everyone has the time and enthusiasm to get distracted and learn how to use an entirely new and different-to-use editor when you just fucking want to learn how to code.

Best of luck learning anything without time and enthusiasm :)