fixes #723 Update README for CMake, fix links in README
diff --git a/README b/README
index e7cd425..bc24ab7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,12 +12,29 @@
For more info check the web site: http://nanomsg.org
+Prerequests
+-----------
+
+1. Windows.
+ * Windows Vista or newer (Windows XP and 2003 are *NOT* supported)
+ * Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (including C++) or newer, or mingw-w64
+ (Specifically mingw and older Microsoft compilers are *NOT supported)
+ * CMake 2.8.7 or newer, available in $PATH as `cmake`
+
+2. POSIX (Linux, MacOS X, UNIX)
+ * ANSI C compiler supporting C89
+ * POSIX pthreads (should be present on all modern POSIX systems)
+ * BSD sockets support for both TCP and UNIX domain sockets
+ * CMake 2.8.7 or newer, available in $PATH as `cmake`
+
+3. Documentation (optional)
+ * asciidoctor (http://asciidoctor.org/) available as `asciidoctor`
+ * If not present, docs are not formatted, but left in readable ASCII
+ * Also available on-line at http://nanomsg.org/documentation
Build it with CMake
-------------------
-**Prerequisites:** CMake >=2.8.7 installed and available in $PATH as `cmake`
-
1. Go to the root directory of the local source repository.
2. To perform an out-of-source build, run:
3. `mkdir build`
@@ -25,40 +42,22 @@
5. `cmake ..`
6. `cmake --build .`
7. `ctest .`
-8. *Note: this CMake build process is evolving. Please [report an issue](https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues/new)
- if you run into problems.*
-
-Build it with Autotools (deprecated)
-------------------------------------
-
-**Warning: this build method is being deprecated; see [issue #648](https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues/648)**
-
-1. Download the package.
-2. Unpack it.
-3. Go to the root directory of the package.
-4. sh autogen.sh
-5. ./configure
-6. make
-7. make check
-8. sudo make install
-9. On Linux or other platforms which use ld.so for dynamic linking, run
- ldconfig or equivalent as root to update your system’s shared library cache.
+8. `cmake --build . --target install`
+ *NB:* This may have to be done as a privileged user.
Resources
---------
-Website: http://nanomsg.org
+Website: [http://nanomsg.org](http://nanomsg.org)
-Source code: https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg
+Source code: [https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg](http://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg)
-Documentation: http://nanomsg.org/documentation.html
+Documentation: [http://nanomsg.org/documentation.html](http://nanomsg.org/documentation.html)
-Bug tracker: https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues
+Bug tracker: [https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues](http://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues)
-Mailing list: nanomsg@freelists.org
+Mailing list: [nanomsg@freelists.org](http://www.freelists.org/list/nanomsg)
-Subscribe to the list here: http://www.freelists.org/list/nanomsg
+Gitter Chat: [https://gitter.im/nanomsg/nanomsg](https://gitter.im/nanomsg/nanomsg)
-IRC chatroom: channel #nanomsg at irc.freenode.net/8001
-
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