[README] Try better formatting.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17c1cf06cc..bd61a9e262 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ Directory organization
 
 There are two main directories:
 
- * main: The core MonoDevelop assemblies and add-ins (all in a single
+ * `main`: The core MonoDevelop assemblies and add-ins (all in a single
     tarball/package).
- * extras: Additional add-ins (each add-in has its own
+ * `extras`: Additional add-ins (each add-in has its own
     tarball/package).
 
 Compiling
 ---------
 
 If you are building from Git, make sure that you initialize the submodules
-that are part of MonoDevelop, to do this execute:
+that are part of this repository. To do this execute:
 `git submodule update --init --recursive`
 
 To compile execute:
@@ -25,23 +25,21 @@ To compile execute:
 
 There are two variables you can set when running 'configure':
 
-To set the install prefix:
-`--prefix=/path/to/prefix`
+* The install prefix: `--prefix=/path/to/prefix`
 
-To install with the rest of the assemblies:
-`--prefix="pkg-config --variable=prefix mono"`
+  * To install with the rest of the assemblies, use:
+  `--prefix="pkg-config --variable=prefix mono"`
 
-To choose a build profile:
-`--profile=profile-name`
+* The build profile: `--profile=profile-name`
 
-There are some predefined profiles:
+  * `stable`: builds the MonoDevelop core and some stable extra add-ins.
+  * `core`: builds the MonoDevelop core only.
+  * `all`: builds everything
+  * You can also create your own profile by adding a file to the profiles
+directory containing a list of the directories to build.
 
- * stable: builds the MonoDevelop core and some stable extra add-ins.
- * core: builds the MonoDevelop core only.
- * all: builds everything
-
-You can create your own profile by adding a file to the profiles directory
-containing a list of the directories to build.
+Running
+-------
 
 You can run MonoDevelop from the build directory by executing:
 `make run`
@@ -52,8 +50,8 @@ Installing *(Optional)*
 You can install MonoDevelop by running:
 `make install`
 
-(It's possible that you need to install for your locale to be
-correctly set.)
+*(It's possible that you need to install for your locale to be
+correctly set.)*
 
 Packaging for OSX
 -----------------
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ Packaging for OSX
 To package MonoDevelop for OSX in a convenient MonoDevelop.app
 file, just do this after MonoDevelop has finished building (with
 make):
-
 `cd main/build/MacOSX ; make MonoDevelop.app`
 
 Dependencies