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@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ Code that makes SDF easier to use and more fun with GNU Emacs
 
 Installation and use instructions for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems
 
-1. If you have not already, setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org
-2. If you have not already, install Git
-3. If you have not already, install Mosh
-4. Clone the project to your home directory: git **clone https://git.sdf.org/scm/sdf.git**. Note, you could download the
-project from the website, but it would not be as easy to keep up to date.
+1. If you have not already, **setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org**
+2. If you have not already, **install Git**
+3. If you have not already, **install Mosh**
+4. Clone the project to your home directory: **git clone https://git.sdf.org/scm/sdf.git**. *You could download the project from
+the website, but it would not be as easy to keep up to date.*
 5. Copy the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to your home directory: **cp $HOME/sdf $HOME**
 6. If you have one, make a backup copy of your .emacs file in your home directory: **mv $HOME/.emacs $HOME/dotemacs.bak**
 7. Rename the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to .emacs, and move it to your home directory: **mv $HOME/dotemacs $HOME/.emacs**
 8. Make sure that the shell files in the sdf directory are executable. If they are not: **chmod +x $HOME/sdf/*.sh**
-9. Run *emacs*
+9. Run **emacs**
 10. Switch to the SDF programs' buffer to use that program. Example, to use the com program, do the following: **C-x b** (that is
 Emacs notation for, while holding down the control key, press the x key, release the control key, press the b key), type **com**,
 press the **enter key**. Select other SDF programs, like bboard the same way.