I'm sure you know this already, but Emacs actually contains its manual in a convenient form: C-h r opens it. There are other help commands that provide plenty of information as well.
The issue isn't a lack of information built-in--Emacs is self-documenting, after all--but that its difficult to prioritize features. The real value in blog posts like this is when they describe features the author really likes coupled with his actual use cases for it.
Ultimately, the author is just a curator in a special Emacs exhibit--he brings out the real gems (from his point of view) and gives us some background on them. I think something like that could be integrated into Emacs--but should it?--by having a "tip of the week" or something like that.
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I'm sure you know this already, but Emacs actually contains its manual in a convenient form: C-h r opens it. There are other help commands that provide plenty of information as well.
The issue isn't a lack of information built-in--Emacs is self-documenting, after all--but that its difficult to prioritize features. The real value in blog posts like this is when they describe features the author really likes coupled with his actual use cases for it.
Ultimately, the author is just a curator in a special Emacs exhibit--he brings out the real gems (from his point of view) and gives us some background on them. I think something like that could be integrated into Emacs--but should it?--by having a "tip of the week" or something like that.