Updated the getting started page

docs/source/started.rst

@@ -2,15 +2,39 @@
 Getting Started
 ***************
 
-You can download novelWriter from https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases
+Latest version of novelWriter is |version|.
 
-Latest version is |version|.
+Installation
+============
 
-Installing Dependencies
+You can download the latest version of novelWriter from the source repository on GitHub_. You can
-=======================
+also install it directly from PyPi with ``pip install novelwriter``, or download the packages
+directly from the PyPi_ project page.
 
-If you already have Python installed, all you need to do is install the dependencies.
+.. _GitHub: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases
-To do this, your need to open your command line tool, find the folder where you extracted novelWriter, and run:
+.. _PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/novelWriter/
+
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+novelWriter has been designed to rely on as few dependencies as possible. Aside from the package(s)
+needed to communicate with the Qt GUI libraries, only one package is required for handling the XML
+format of the main project file. Everything else is handled with standard Python libraries.
+
+Optionally, a package can be installed to interface with the Enchant spell checking libaries, but
+this isn't required. If no external spell checking library is available, novelWriter falls back to
+using the internal ``difflib`` of Python to check spelling. This is a much slower approach, and it
+is less sophisticated than full spell checking libaries, but if you only work with small files, the
+performance loss is not noticeable.
+
+
+Package Installation
+--------------------
+
+If you already have Python installed, all you need to do is install the dependencies. To do this,
+you need to open your command line tool, find the folder where you extracted novelWriter, and run
+the following command:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -20,26 +44,33 @@ On some operating systems you need to use ``python3`` instead of ``python``.
 
 The following Python packages are required to run novelWriter:
 
-* ``pyqt5`` for the GUI
+* ``pyqt5``, needed for connecting with the Qt5 libraries.
-* ``lxml`` for writing project files
+* ``lxml``, needed full XML support.
 
 .. note::
-   Sometimes the SVG graphics package for pyqt5 must be installed separately.
+   Sometimes the SVG graphics package for PyQt5 must be installed separately. It is usually called
-
+   something like ``python3-pyqt5.qtsvg``.
-The following are optional, but recommended:
-
-* ``pyenchant`` for spell checking
 
 PyQt/Qt should be at least 5.2.1, but ideally 5.10 or higher for nearly all features to work.
-Exporting to standard Markdown requires PyQt/Qt 5.14.
+Exporting to standard Markdown, for instance, requires PyQt/Qt 5.14. Searching using regular
-There are no known minimum for package lxml, but the code was originally written with 4.2.
+expressions requires 5.3, and for full Unicode support, 5.13.
-The optional spell check library must be at least 3.0.0 to work with Windows.
+
-On Linux, 2.0.0 also works fine.
+There are no known minimum for package ``lxml``, but the code was originally written with 4.2,
+which is therefore set as the minimum.
+
+The spell checking extension is optional, but recommended:
+
+* ``pyenchant``, needed for efficient spell checking.
+
+The optional spell check library must be at least 3.0.0 to work with Windows. On Linux, 2.0.0 also
+works fine.
+
 
 Running novelWriter
 ===================
 
-If all the required dependencies are met, you can run novelWriter from the command line in one of the following ways:
+If all the required dependencies are met, you can run novelWriter from the command line in one of
+the following ways:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -47,22 +78,25 @@ If all the required dependencies are met, you can run novelWriter from the comma
    python3 novelWriter.py
    ./novelWriter.py
 
-A few switches are supported from the command line, mostly to assist in debugging if an error is encountered.
+A few switches are supported from the command line, mostly to assist in debugging if an error is
-To list all options, run:
+encountered. To list all options, run:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
    python novelWriter.py --help
 
-There are also a couple of install scripts in the assets folder which will assist in setting up launch icon and the novelWriter project file mimetype for Gnome desktops on Linux.
+There are also a couple of install scripts in the assets folder which will assist in setting up
-Currently, there's one script for Debian and one for Ubuntu.
+launch icon and the novelWriter project file mimetype for Gnome desktops on Linux. Currently,
+there's one script for Debian and one for Ubuntu.
+
 
 Building a Standalone Executable
 ================================
 
-A standalone executable can be built with pyinstaller, using the provided python script "install.py" in the source folder.
+A standalone executable can be built with pyinstaller, using the provided python script
-This script will automatically try to install all dependencies and build the standalone executable of novelWriter.
+``install.py`` in the source folder. This script will automatically try to install all dependencies
-You can run the script by typing the following into your command prompt:
+and build the standalone executable of novelWriter. You can run the script by typing the following
+into your command prompt:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -77,12 +111,13 @@ Additional Instructions for Windows
 If you don't have Python installed, you can download it from the python.org website.
 The installers for Windows are available at https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
 
-novelWriter should work with Python 3.5 or higher, and the executable installer is the easiest to install.
+novelWriter should work with Python 3.6 or higher, and the executable installer is the easiest to
-Please note that the `pyenchant` package for spell checking does not currently work with the x86-64 version, so if you want spell checking, you must install the x86 version.
+install.
 
 Also, make sure you select the "Add Python to PATH" option.
 
 .. image:: images/python_win_install.png
    :width: 600
 
-Once Python is set up and running, you can either run novelWriter from the folder where you extracted it, or you can build an executable and run that from a desktop icon instead.
+Once Python is set up and running, you can either run novelWriter from the folder where you
+extracted it, or you can build an executable and run that from a desktop icon instead.