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 * What's this?
 
-Riece is a redesign of the Liece IRC client.
+Riece is an IRC client for Emacs.  The development has started to
+redesign the Liece IRC client.
 
-Note that the letter "R" means not only "redesign" but also "radical
-development version".  Please use at your own risk :-)
+Riece provides the following features:
+
+- Several IRC servers may be used at the same time.
+- Essential features can be built upon the extension framework (called
+  "add-on") capable of dependency tracking.
+- Installation is easy.  Riece doesn't depend on other packages.
+- Setup is easy.  Automatically save/restore the configuration.
+- Riece uses separate windows to display users, channels, and
+  dialogues.  The user can select the window layout.
+- Step-by-step instructions (currently written in Japanese) are included.
+- Mostly compliant with RFC 2812.
 
 * Directory tree
 
 This package contains following directories:
 
 lisp/ - Emacs Lisp files.
-
 doc/  - Documentation files.
 
+* Requirements
+
+- Emacs 20.7 or later / XEmacs 21.4 or later
+- Ruby 1.6 or later (optional)
+
+* Installation
+
+$ ./configure
+$ sudo make install
+
+If you are using XEmacs and want to install as a package, supply
+"--with-xemacs" option to the configure script and use
+"install-package" target instead of "install".
+
 * Bug reports
 
 If you write bug reports and/or suggestions for improvement,