update root README

Signed-off-by: Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b575a8..fb0e27c 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-Nit is a statically typed object-oriented programming language.
-The goal of Nit is to propose a statically typed programming language where structure is not a pain.
+Nit is an expressive language with a script-like syntax, a friendly type-system and aims at elegance, simplicity and intuitiveness.
 
 Nit has a simple straightforward style and can usually be picked up quickly, particularly by anyone who has programmed before.
 While object-oriented, it allows procedural styles.
@@ -14,40 +13,37 @@ Some Nit features:
  * Light and clear syntax.
 
 
-Requirement:
+Requirements:
 
-       * gcc           http://gcc.gnu.org/
-       * pkg-config    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/
-       * ccache        http://ccache.samba.org/        to improve recompilation
-       * libgc-dev     http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
-       * graphviz      http://www.graphviz.org/        to enable graphes with the nitdoc tool
-       * libunwind     http://nongnu.org/libunwind
+ * gcc         http://gcc.gnu.org/ (or a compatible C compiler)
+ * pkg-config  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/
+ * ccache      http://ccache.samba.org/        to improve recompilation
+ * libgc-dev   http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
+ * graphviz    http://www.graphviz.org/        to enable graphs with the nitdoc tool
+ * libunwind   http://nongnu.org/libunwind
 
-Those are available in most linux distributions
+Those are available in most Linux distributions
 
-    # sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache libgc-dev graphviz libunwind pkg-config
+    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache libgc-dev graphviz libunwind-dev pkg-config
 
-Important files and directory:
+Important files and directories:
 
-       benchmarks/     Script to bench the compilers
-       bin/            The Nit tools
-       bin/nitc        The Nit compiler
-       bin/nit         The Nit interpreter
-       bin/nitdoc      The Nit autodoc
-       c_src/          C code of nitc (needed to bootstrap)
-       clib/           C code needed by nitc to compile programs
-       Changelog       List of change between versions
-       contrib/        Various Nit programs (may or may not be useful)
-       doc/            Documentation
-       examples/       Program examples written in Nit
-       LICENCE         License of the software
-       misc/           Some additional file for commons text editors and tools
-       tests/          Non-regression test-suite
-       lib/            Nit standard library
-       Makefile        Bootstrap the Nit tools
-       NOTICE          List of the authors
-       README          This file
-       src/            The Nit tool sources (written in Nit)
+ * benchmarks/ Script to bench the compilers
+ * bin/                The Nit tools
+ * c_src/      C code of nitc (needed to bootstrap)
+ * clib/       C code needed by nitc to compile programs
+ * contrib/    Various Nit programs (may or may not be useful)
+ * doc/                Documentation
+ * examples/   Program examples written in Nit
+ * lib/                Nit standard library
+ * LICENCE     License of the software
+ * Makefile    Bootstrap the Nit tools
+ * misc/       Some additional files for commons text editors and tools
+ * NOTICE.md   List of the authors
+ * README      This file
+ * share/      Common resources used by tools
+ * src/                The Nit tool sources (written in Nit)
+ * tests/      Non-regression test-suite
 
 
 How to start:
@@ -56,13 +52,11 @@ How to start:
     $ bin/nitc examples/hello_world.nit
     $ ./hello_world
 
-You can put the `bin/` directoty in your PATH
+You can put the `bin/` directory in your PATH
 
 Using bash completion with Nit tools:
 
     $ echo source /absolute/path/to/misc/bash_completion/nit >> ~/.bash_completion
     $ source ~/.bash_completion
 
-More information:
-
-       http://www.nitlanguage.org
+More information: <http://www.nitlanguage.org>