Darrell, what you've said sounds quite obvious but it doesn't take multiple edits into account.
If you make changes in two (or more) places in the text, each change being something that modifies the text that is seen in different frames on different pages, which frame/page would you expect to be looking at once the editing was complete?
You said you want to be "where [you] finished the edits" but is this the location of where the editing last occurred or the location of the edited text furthest through the text? Do you mean "last in time" or "last in position"?
A very reasonable thought. But in my experience, when I have begun to edit a document with extensive textual changes, I will always check the visual results for every edit to see if margins, widows / orphans, indents, etc. have been affected. I may also make several changes to multiple pages, but I always want to see the end result of those changes, which is usually at the final cursor point, then paging back to see the sequence of changes.
The text editor is an excellent tool for making fast edits using a set of predefined styles, starting from page 1 and searching for the text to be changed. But if I make a change "somewhere deep in the document" and then exit the editor, I am back to the beginning. I will have to rather tediously scroll through the pages until I happen upon the edits and see the results.
Even a simple visual cue in the editor to tell me on which page I'm editing would be helpful - I could then jump directly to that page after exiting the editor.
Another solution would be to mimic what most WP and DP programs do, and that is while the cursor is active in a text frame (normal mode) a text / properties search box will take me to the page where the text needs to be changed, and edits can be made directly on that page without entering the editor. I've attempted to use the search box / Cntrl+F while in an active text frame, but nothing appears to happen. What I would expect is something like "jump to the page containing my search string and highlight it in blue".
Failing any of this, what about a simple check box in Preferences? "Update text frame and exit at cursor position" / "Update text frame and exit" (default)
Again, thank you to all who took the time to weigh in on this ...
-- Darrell