README: Explain the building process slightly better

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@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ This is a tool for processing column-oriented text files. It handles several
 formats of files including CSV, fields with fixed delimiters, fields separated
 by arbitrary whitespace, regex matching, formatting of tables and so on.
 
 formats of files including CSV, fields with fixed delimiters, fields separated
 by arbitrary whitespace, regex matching, formatting of tables and so on.
 

-See the man page for full description.
+Compilation instructions:
+
+  o  Use "make" to build the tool (xsv) and its manual page (xsv.1).
+
+  o  Use "make tests" to run the testsuite.
+
+  o  Use "make install" to install the package to /usr/local/
+     (or anywhere else if you override PREFIX).

 
 The program has been tested on Linux, but it should run on an arbitrary POSIX
 
 The program has been tested on Linux, but it should run on an arbitrary POSIX

-system with a C99 compiler and the PCRE library. Building of documentation
+system with a C99 compiler and the PCRE library. Building of the manual page

 requires AsciiDoc (any reasonably recent version should work).
 
 requires AsciiDoc (any reasonably recent version should work).
 

-Use "make" to build and "make tests" to run the test suite.
-

 All bug reports and suggestions are welcome, especially when accompanied by patches.
 All bug reports and suggestions are welcome, especially when accompanied by patches.