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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 02e7c61d1e..d658670835 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ VoIP. The basics you need to know to get up and running are: like ``#matrix:matrix.org`` or ``#test:localhost:8448``. - Matrix user IDs look like ``@matthew:matrix.org`` (although in the future - you will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email - address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating Matrix user IDs) + you will normally refer to yourself and others using a third party identifier + (3PID): email address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating Matrix user IDs) The overall architecture is:: @@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ the spec in the context of a codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the ecosystem. In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to -a Matrix homeserver which stores all their personal chat history and user -account information - much as a mail client connects through to an IMAP/SMTP -server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix homeserver and -control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by -someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or -mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc. +a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and +user account information - much as a mail client connects through to an +IMAP/SMTP server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix +homeserver and control and own your own communications and history or use one +hosted by someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control +or mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, +etc. Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python @@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ You have two choices here, which will influence the form of your Matrix user IDs: 1) Use the machine's own hostname as available on public DNS in the form of - its A or AAAA records. This is easier to set up initially, perhaps for + its A records. This is easier to set up initially, perhaps for testing, but lacks the flexibility of SRV. 2) Set up a SRV record for your domain name. This requires you create a SRV @@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ Building internal API documentation:: -Halp!! Synapse eats all my RAM! +Help!! Synapse eats all my RAM! =============================== Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - we deliberately |