From 4b282de98796875fdd05206f77ae51918bb279db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Grewe <jan.grewe@g-node.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:59:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] more docu

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 docs/index.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index c1a83b7..3194ba7 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # How to use the fish book
 
 ## Requirements
-* Python3.5+ only
+* Python 3.5+ only, **no** python 2
 * [datajoint](https://datajoint.io) to connect to the database and to map python objects to table entries.
-* [nixio](https://github.com/g-node/nixpy) to read the relacs-flavored nix files
+* [nixio](https://github.com/g-node/nixpy) to read the relacs-flavored nix files during import or later during data retrieval.
 
 
 ## Installation
@@ -11,20 +11,25 @@
 1) clone the repository
 
 ```
-git clone https://whale.am28.uni-tuebingen.de/git/jgrewe/fishbook.git .
+>> git clone https://whale.am28.uni-tuebingen.de/git/jgrewe/fishbook.git 
 ```
 
-2) installation
-..a) for development, install for the current user, install as "editable"
-  ```Shell
-    cd fishbook
-    pip3 install fishbook -e --user
+2. installation
+   When installing for development: install for the current user, install as "editable":
+  
   ```
-  b) just for usage
+  >> cd fishbook
+  >> pip3 install fishbook -e --user
   ```
-  pip3 install fishbook --user
+  
+  When installing for use:
+  
+  ```
+  >> pip3 install fishbook --user
   # or
-  sudo pip3 install fishbook
+  >> sudo pip3 install fishbook
   ```
 
-3) connecting to the database
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+3. connecting to the database
+	
+	Suppose that you intend to work on a project named `foo` use the terminal to navigate to the project directory: `cd foo`
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