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> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:04:57 +0100
> From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryDocumentation

IMO, it should describe much more Info-mode commands.  Without using
the manual, the Emacs help system is quite crippled, especially for
newbies.  Doc strings not always target newbies, because they cannot
be too wordy (due to considerations of memory footprint of the running
Emacs).