docs/tutorial: Mention alias

This came up online - here we exclaim that fish has no aliases (which
is true), but then in the main docs we explain that you can use
`alias` to make something (which is also true).

Add a foot note explaining the apparent contradiction.
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Hello everybody!
Unlike other shells, fish does not have aliases or special prompt syntax. Functions take their place.
Unlike other shells, fish does not have aliases or special prompt syntax. Functions take their place. [#]_
You can list the names of all functions with the :ref:`functions <cmd-functions>` builtin (note the plural!). fish starts out with a number of functions::
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command ls -G $argv
end
.. [#] There is a function called :ref:`alias <cmd-alias>`, but it's just a shortcut to make functions.
Loops
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