Merge branch 'cgzones-readme'

README

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# [![htop](htop.png)](https://htop.dev)
+# [![htop logo](htop.png)](https://htop.dev)
 
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 ![Screenshot of htop](docs/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)
 
@@ -13,22 +15,26 @@
 `htop` is a cross-platform interactive process viewer.
 
 `htop` allows scrolling the list of processes vertically and horizontally to see their full command lines and related information like memory and CPU consumption.
+Also system wide information, like load average or swap usage, is shown.
 
 The information displayed is configurable through a graphical setup and can be sorted and filtered interactively.
 
 Tasks related to processes (e.g. killing and renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs.
 
-Running `htop` requires `ncurses` libraries (typically named libncursesw*).
+Running `htop` requires `ncurses` libraries, typically named libncurses(w).
 
-For more information and details on how to contribute to `htop` visit [htop.dev](https://htop.dev).
+`htop` is written in C.
+
+For more information and details visit [htop.dev](https://htop.dev).
 
 ## Build instructions
 
 ### Prerequisite
 List of build-time dependencies:
-*  `build-essential` standard GNU autotools-based
+  * standard GNU autotools-based C toolchain
-*  `autoconf`
+    - C99 compliant compiler
-*  `autotools`
+    - `autoconf`
+    - `autotools`
   * `ncurses`
 
 **Note about `ncurses`:**
@@ -42,27 +48,26 @@ List of additional build-time dependencies (based on feature flags):
 *  `sensors`
 *  `hwloc`
 *  `libcap`
+*  `libnl-3`
 
-Compiling `htop` requires the header files for `ncurses` . Install these and other required packages for C development from your package manager.
+Install these and other required packages for C development from your package manager.
 
 **Debian/Ubuntu**
 ~~~ shell
-sudo apt install libncursesw5-dev autotools-dev autoconf
+sudo apt install libncursesw5-dev autotools-dev autoconf build-essential
 ~~~
 
 **Fedora/RHEL**
 ~~~ shell
-sudo dnf install ncurses-devel automake autoconf
+sudo dnf install ncurses-devel automake autoconf gcc
 ~~~
 
-### Compiling from source:
+### Compile from source:
-To compile from sources downloaded from the Git repository (`git clone` or downloads from [Github releases](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/)), then run:
+To compile from source, download from the Git repository (`git clone` or downloads from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/)), then run:
 ~~~ shell
 ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
 ~~~
 
-By default `make install` will install into `/usr/local`, for changing the path use `./configure --prefix=/some/path`.
-
 ### Install
 To install on the local system run `make install`. By default `make install` installs into `/usr/local`. To change this path use `./configure --prefix=/some/path`.
 
@@ -74,52 +79,55 @@ To install on the local system run `make install`. By default `make install` ins
 
   * `--enable-unicode`:
     enable Unicode support
-    dependency: *libncursesw*
+    - dependency: *libncursesw*
-    default: *yes*
+    - default: *yes*
-  * `--enable-pcp`:
-    enable Performance Co-Pilot support via a new pcp-htop utility
-    dependency: *libpcp*
-    default: *no*
   * `--enable-affinity`:
     enable `sched_setaffinity(2)` and `sched_getaffinity(2)` for affinity support; conflicts with hwloc
-    default: *check*
+    - default: *check*
   * `--enable-hwloc`:
     enable hwloc support for CPU affinity; disables affinity support
-    dependency: *libhwloc*
+    - dependency: *libhwloc*
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
   * `--enable-static`:
     build a static htop binary; hwloc and delay accounting are not supported
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
   * `--enable-debug`:
     Enable asserts and internal sanity checks; implies a performance penalty
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
+
+#### Performance Co-Pilot
+
+  * `--enable-pcp`:
+    enable Performance Co-Pilot support via a new pcp-htop utility
+    - dependency: *libpcp*
+    - default: *no*
 
 #### Linux
 
   * `--enable-sensors`:
     enable libsensors(3) support for reading temperature data
-    dependencies: *libsensors-dev*(build-time), at runtime *libsensors* is loaded via `dlopen(3)` if available
+    - dependencies: *libsensors-dev*(build-time), at runtime *libsensors* is loaded via `dlopen(3)` if available
-    default: *check*
+    - default: *check*
   * `--enable-capabilities`:
     enable Linux capabilities support
-    dependency: *libcap*
+    - dependency: *libcap*
-    default: *check*
+    - default: *check*
   * `--with-proc`:
     location of a Linux-compatible proc filesystem
-    default: */proc*
+    - default: */proc*
   * `--enable-openvz`:
     enable OpenVZ support
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
   * `--enable-vserver`:
     enable VServer support
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
   * `--enable-ancient-vserver`:
     enable ancient VServer support (implies `--enable-vserver`)
-    default: *no*
+    - default: *no*
   * `--enable-delayacct`:
     enable Linux delay accounting support
-    dependencies: *pkg-config*(build-time), *libnl-3* and *libnl-genl-3*
+    - dependencies: *pkg-config*(build-time), *libnl-3* and *libnl-genl-3*
-    default: *check*
+    - default: *check*
 
 
 ## Runtime dependencies:
@@ -128,20 +136,22 @@ To install on the local system run `make install`. By default `make install` ins
 
 ### Runtime optional dependencies:
 `htop` has a set of fixed optional dependencies, depending on build/configure option used:
-* `libdl`, if not building static and support for some of the optional libraries is enabled, is always required when support for to optionally load dependencies (i.e. `libsensors`, `systemd`) is present.
+
+#### Linux
+* `libdl`, if not building a static binary, is always required when support for to optionally dependencies (i.e. `libsensors`, `libsystemd`) is present.
 * `libcap`, user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e, is always required when `--enable-capabilities` was used to configure `htop`.
 * `libsensors`, readout of temperatures and CPU speeds, is optional even when `--enable-sensors` was used to configure `htop`.
-* `systemd` is optional when `--enable-static` was not used to configure `htop` (Linux only). If building statically and `libsystemd` is not found by `configure` support for the SystemD meter is disabled entirely.
+* `libsystemd` is optional when `--enable-static` was not used to configure `htop`. If building statically and `libsystemd` is not found by `configure`, support for the systemd meter is disabled entirely.
 
 `htop` checks for the availability of the actual runtime lib as `htop` runs.
 
-**BSD**
+#### BSD
-On most *BSD systems you also have `kvm` as a static requirement to read all the kernel information.
+On most BSD systems `kvm` is a requirement to read kernel information.
 
 More information on required and optional dependencies can be found in [configure.ac](configure.ac).
 
 ## Usage
-See the manual page (`man htop`) or the on-line help ('F1' or 'h' inside `htop`) for a list of supported key commands.
+See the manual page (`man htop`) or the help menu (**F1** or **h** inside `htop`) for a list of supported key commands.
 
 ## Support
 
@@ -151,14 +161,14 @@ If you have trouble running `htop` please consult your Operating System / Linux
 
 We have a [development mailing list](https://htop.dev/mailinglist.html). Feel free to subscribe for release announcements or asking questions on the development of htop.
 
-You can also join our IRC channel #htop on Libera.Chat and talk to the developers there.
+You can also join our IRC channel [#htop on Libera.Chat](https://web.libera.chat/#htop) and talk to the developers there.
 
-If you have found an issue with the source of htop, please check whether this has already been reported in our [Github issue tracker](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/issues).
+If you have found an issue within the source of htop, please check whether this has already been reported in our [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/issues).
-If not, please file a new issue describing the problem you have found, the location in the source code you are referring to and a possible fix.
+If not, please file a new issue describing the problem you have found, the potential location in the source code you are referring to and a possible fix if available.
 
 ## History
 
-`htop` was invented, developed and maintained by Hisham Muhammad from 2004 to 2019. His [legacy repository](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/) has been archived to preserve the history.
+`htop` was invented, developed and maintained by [Hisham Muhammad](https://hisham.hm/) from 2004 to 2019. His [legacy repository](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/) has been archived to preserve the history.
 
 In 2020 a [team](https://github.com/orgs/htop-dev/people) took over the development amicably and continues to maintain `htop` collaboratively.