[ehecatl42]

Two videos by Steve Yegge should be enough to convince the most dyed-in-the-wool anti-Emacser to consider re-evaluating their position. (Here is the first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkIicfzPBys).

My top-tip, FWIW, is learning how to navigate the help system to the point that it drags you into the deepest layers of Emacs' source code.

> smex

The three packages, whichkey, helpful and marginalia are excellent for beginners for quick overviews of what's going on at the surface.

And, yes, Mickey P's work is undoubtedly of great value!