Type the letter ‘n’ (or ‘t’ if on most Linux distros)
Press the ‘Return’ key.
Congratulations, you now opened Notepad / Random open source text editor.
Ctrl + S = Save for pretty much everything
The above pattern works for almost every program. There is no need to memorise the ridiculously inconsistent nuances of the 4 different commands you specified.
9/10 times I personally prefer GUI over terminal for efficiency. With three buttons I already have a text editor open. At this point, you’ve just started typing the letter ‘v’ in your first step.