Make additional minor changes to readme.md

Move the community section closer to the top of the readme. Make the
reference to the copying.txt file in the license section actually
link to that file. Adjust the nimble section to be more clear about
how and where to acquire the nimble source.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f5dc1d6ab..865724b71 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ This repository contains the Nim compiler, Nim's stdlib, tools and documentation
 For more information about Nim, including downloads and documentation for
 the latest release, check out [Nim's website][nim-site].
 
+## Community
+[![Join the IRC chat][badge-nim-irc]][nim-irc]
+[![Join the Gitter chat][badge-nim-gitter]][nim-gitter]
+[![Get help][badge-nim-forum-gethelp]][nim-forum]
+[![View Nim posts on Stack Overflow][badge-nim-stackoverflow]][nim-stackoverflow-newest]
+[![Follow @nim_lang on Twitter][badge-nim-twitter]][nim-twitter]
+
+* The [forum][nim-forum] - the best place to ask questions and to discuss Nim.
+* [#nim IRC Channel (Freenode)][nim-irc] - a place to discuss Nim in real-time.
+  Also where most development decisions get made.
+* [Gitter][nim-gitter] - an additional place to discuss Nim in real-time. There
+  is a bridge between Gitter and the IRC channel.
+* [Stack Overflow][nim-stackoverflow] - a popular Q/A site for programming related
+  topics that includes posts about Nim.
+
 ## Compiling
 The compiler currently officially supports the following platform and
 architecture combinations:
@@ -15,10 +30,11 @@ architecture combinations:
 More platforms are supported, however they are not tested regularly and they
 may not be as stable as the above-listed platforms.
 
-Compiling the Nim compiler is quite straightforward. First, the C source of
-an older version of the Nim compiler is needed to bootstrap the latest 
-version because the Nim compiler itself is written in the Nim programming
-language. Those C sources are available within the 
+Compiling the Nim compiler is quite straightforward if you follow these steps:
+
+First, the C source of an older version of the Nim compiler is needed to
+bootstrap the latest version because the Nim compiler itself is written in the
+Nim programming language. Those C sources are available within the 
 [``nim-lang/csources``][csources-repo] repository.
 
 Next, to build from source you will need:
@@ -55,7 +71,7 @@ documentation and the website, among other things. The ``koch`` tool can also
 be used to run the Nim test suite. 
 
 Assuming that you added Nim's ``bin`` directory to your PATH, you may execute
-the tests using ``./koch tests``. The test suite takes a while to run, but you
+the tests using ``./koch tests``. The tests take a while to run, but you
 can run a subset of tests by specifying a category (for example 
 ``./koch tests cat async``).
 
@@ -63,24 +79,10 @@ For more information on the ``koch`` build tool please see the documentation
 within the [doc/koch.rst](doc/koch.rst) file.
 
 ## Nimble
-[Nimble][nimble-repo] is Nim's package manager. Assuming that you added Nim's
-``bin`` directory to your PATH, you may install Nimble by running ``koch nimble``
-within the root of the cloned repository.
-
-## Community
-[![Join the IRC chat][badge-nim-irc]][nim-irc]
-[![Join the Gitter chat][badge-nim-gitter]][nim-gitter]
-[![Get help][badge-nim-forum-gethelp]][nim-forum]
-[![View Nim posts on Stack Overflow][badge-nim-stackoverflow]][nim-stackoverflow-newest]
-[![Follow @nim_lang on Twitter][badge-nim-twitter]][nim-twitter]
-
-* The [forum][nim-forum] - the best place to ask questions and to discuss Nim.
-* [#nim IRC Channel (Freenode)][nim-irc] - a place to discuss Nim in real-time.
-  Also where most development decisions get made.
-* [Gitter][nim-gitter] - an additional place to discuss Nim in real-time. There
-  is a bridge between Gitter and the IRC channel.
-* [Stack Overflow][nim-stackoverflow] - a popular Q/A site for programming related
-  topics that includes posts about Nim.
+``nimble`` is Nim's package manager and it can be acquired from the
+[``nim-lang/nimble``][nimble-repo] repository. Assuming that you added Nim's
+``bin`` directory to your PATH, you may install Nimble from source by running
+``koch nimble`` within the root of the cloned repository.
 
 ## Contributing
 [![Contribute to Nim via Gratipay][badge-nim-gratipay]][nim-gratipay]
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ for some modules which explicitly state otherwise. As a result you may use any
 compatible license (essentially any license) for your own programs developed with
 Nim. You are explicitly permitted to develop commercial applications using Nim.
 
-Please read the copying.txt file for more details.
+Please read the [copying.txt](copying.txt) file for more details.
 
 Copyright © 2006-2017 Andreas Rumpf, all rights reserved.