--- a/pyforge/docs/mac_install.rst
+++ b/pyforge/docs/mac_install.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
.. _`Getting Started Guide`: install.html
.. _`Mac Ports`: http://www.macports.org/
-Following this guide will install the required dependencies to run the forge on your Mac. These instructions have been tested on Snow Leopard but should work on Leopard also, please update them as needed. It's recommended that you execute the following instructions one at a time, and verify each works. The instructions assume you already have `Mac Ports`_ installed::
+Following this guide will install the required dependencies to run the forge
+on your Mac. These instructions have been tested on Snow Leopard but should
+work on Leopard also, please update them as needed. It's recommended that you
+execute the following instructions one at a time, and verify each works.
+The instructions assume you already have `Mac Ports`_ installed::
$ sudo port install git-core +bash_completion # pulls in perl, may take a while
$ sudo port install python26 +no_tkinter # trying to avoid pulling in tk, xorg, et al.
@@ -22,7 +26,10 @@
.. sidebar:: RabbitMQ LaunchCtl possible problems and work-around
- Note: rabbitmq's startup/LaunchCtl didn't work on Andy's Snow Leopard OS. Specifically, erlang errors regarding an error like 'Protocol: ~p: register error: ~p~n",["inet_tcp", ...'. He runs it manually from a new terminal window instead, e.g. sudo rabbitmq-server
+ Note: rabbitmq's startup/LaunchCtl didn't work on Andy's Snow Leopard OS.
+ Specifically, erlang errors regarding an error like
+ 'Protocol: ~p: register error: ~p~n",["inet_tcp", ...'. He runs it
+ manually from a new terminal window instead, e.g. sudo rabbitmq-server
.. _SOLR: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
@@ -47,8 +54,10 @@
(forge-env)$ easy_install --find-links http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ Imaging
(forge-env)$ easy_install ipython # make sure you're within the virtual env, so ipython will have all the local env packages
-At this point, go back to `Getting Started Guide`_. You have already installed virtualenv and activated it, and are ready to install turbogears.
+At this point, go back to `Getting Started Guide`_. You have already installed
+virtualenv and activated it, and are ready to install turbogears.
-Note: Some developers are having success running mongo, rabbit, solr, forge's smtp_server, reactor and the forge in their separate terminal windows. So to start the forge after a reboot, Andy opens a new Terminal window for each and startup each service following the instructions in the `Getting Started Guide`_ for that service.
-
-credit: Mostly lifted from a doc written by Marc Ramm for the wiki
+Note: Some developers are having success running mongo, rabbit, solr, forge's smtp_server,
+reactor and the forge in their separate terminal windows. So to start the forge after a
+reboot, Andy opens a new Terminal window for each and startup each service following
+the instructions in the `Getting Started Guide`_ for that service.