I keep trying VS Code, but I hate how when I split the screen three wide ("splits") it wants to open "editors" in each of the columns, even if it's the same file. I want a "buffer" like Emacs has that can be called up into any of the "splits" without reopening the file.

I disable the tabs display, but when I visit a file in each of the three columns (i.e. what in Emacs would be calling a buffer into a window) I end up with the same file open three different times, once for each split. Then the fast switcher just gets full of dupes. BLAH!

I really wish VS Code used the Emacs model of completely disjoined (a) buffers, (b) windows, (c) frames, but instead there's a hierarchical approach of Splits -> Editors.

I've dug into VS Code issues about this, and it seems the hierarchy between Splits -> Editors is a strong parent-child relationship embedded deeply within VS Code's model and is unlikely to change.

And that's why I can't switch. That and magit.