VI or VIM? VI has no welcome screen. It drops you straight into a blank screen of '~' from where you just have to know to enter the insert mode, which is also not indicated anywhere unlike in VIM.
There was a time when manuals was kinda big physical books. I think I have a word perfect one that is the size of a textbook. It was not about getting a result (any result) in 5 seconds. It was more about having a goal and browsing through relevant sections to learn how to do it.
