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And if you don't have anything configured, graphical Emacs will have a tool bar with a button to save and a menu bar that also gives the binding for the command.

GUI is different because there is no tool bar, but in Emacs 31 `xterm-mouse-mode' will be enabled by default so you can use the menu bar like a TUI.

Yup. Vim is similar, except its tutorial takes more like 30 minutes.

Yeah the entire emacs tutorial might take a long time. I don't think I ever went through it to "the end" but learning cursor movement, opening and saving files, etc. is right up front.

That's true (you can see it yourself with emacs -nw -q) and the picture is shown in the article. With a completely useless menubar.