Rewrite and refactor all documentation (#5534)

* Rewrite and refactor all documentation

* Rewrite and refactor the guides

* update runtime directory instructions for windows

* Update the Ubuntu 3rd party repo section with 22.10

* Merge from upstream

* Rewrite and refactor all documentation

* Apply suggestions from code review

Apply the suggestions that can be committed from the GitHub web interface.

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* Add Windows themes folder

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* Apply the rest of the suggestions from the code review

* Revert "Apply the rest of the suggestions from the code review"

This reverts commit 498be1b7a1aec3ff567b95130148628beeef9b77.

* Revert "Merge branch 'rewrite-and-refactor-all-documentation' of github.com:David-Else/helix into rewrite-and-refactor-all-documentation"

This reverts commit 7c8404248ffef73b80b9051d5a4359c5bcfa5d1a, reversing
changes made to d932969cfc9fadda12a74cc01665919dee7152fb.

* Apply code review suggestions

* Changes after re-reading all documents

* Missed a full stop

* Code review suggestions and remove macOS and Windows specific sections

* Add OpenBSD to heading

* Add back macOS and Windows sections and further simplify and improve

* Change wording to nightly

* Remove README installation section and turn into a link

* Simplify building from source and follow code review suggestions

* Code review revisions

* Fix copy paste mistake

* Apply the latest code review suggestions

* More small code review items

* Change minor modes for code review

* Fix link and typos

* Add note that you need a c++ compiler to install the tree-sitter grammars

* Add pacman example

* Make sure all headings are lower case

* Revert to the original passage adding a reference to Windows that was missing

* Update book/src/guides/adding_languages.md

Fix grammar typo

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* Update book/src/install.md

Fix tree sitter typo

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* Remove TOC links to main heading

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diff --git a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
index 6598b9bf..b92af402 100644
--- a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
+++ b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
@@ -1,45 +1,52 @@
-# Adding languages
+# Adding new languages to Helix
+
+In order to add a new language to Helix, you will need to follow the steps
+below.
 
 ## Language configuration
 
-To add a new language, you need to add a `[[language]]` entry to the
-`languages.toml` (see the [language configuration section]).
+1. Add a new `[[language]]` entry in the `languages.toml` file and provide the
+   necessary configuration for the new language. For more information on
+   language configuration, refer to the
+   [language configuration section](../languages.md) of the documentation.
+2. If you are adding a new language or updating an existing language server
+   configuration, run the command `cargo xtask docgen` to update the
+   [Language Support](../lang-support.md) documentation.
 
-When adding a new language or Language Server configuration for an existing
-language, run `cargo xtask docgen` to add the new configuration to the
-[Language Support][lang-support] docs before creating a pull request.
-When adding a Language Server configuration, be sure to update the
-[Language Server Wiki][install-lsp-wiki] with installation notes.
+> 💡 If you are adding a new Language Server configuration, make sure to update
+> the
+> [Language Server Wiki](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers)
+> with the installation instructions.
 
 ## Grammar configuration
 
-If a tree-sitter grammar is available for the language, add a new `[[grammar]]`
-entry to `languages.toml`.
-
-You may use the `source.path` key rather than `source.git` with an absolute path
-to a locally available grammar for testing, but switch to `source.git` before
-submitting a pull request.
+1. If a tree-sitter grammar is available for the new language, add a new
+   `[[grammar]]` entry to the `languages.toml` file.
+2. If you are testing the grammar locally, you can use the `source.path` key
+   with an absolute path to the grammar. However, before submitting a pull
+   request, make sure to switch to using `source.git`.
 
 ## Queries
 
-For a language to have syntax-highlighting and indentation among
-other things, you have to add queries. Add a directory for your
-language with the path `runtime/queries/<name>/`. The tree-sitter
-[website](https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#queries)
-gives more info on how to write queries.
-
-> NOTE: When evaluating queries, the first matching query takes
-precedence, which is different from other editors like Neovim where
-the last matching query supersedes the ones before it. See
-[this issue][neovim-query-precedence] for an example.
-
-## Common Issues
-
-- If you get errors when running after switching branches, you may have to update the tree-sitter grammars. Run `hx --grammar fetch` to fetch the grammars and `hx --grammar build` to build any out-of-date grammars.
-
-- If a parser is segfaulting or you want to remove the parser, make sure to remove the compiled parser in `runtime/grammar/<name>.so`
-
-[language configuration section]: ../languages.md
-[neovim-query-precedence]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/1170#issuecomment-997294090
-[install-lsp-wiki]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers
-[lang-support]: ../lang-support.md
+1. In order to provide syntax highlighting and indentation for the new language,
+   you will need to add queries.
+2. Create a new directory for the language with the path
+   `runtime/queries/<name>/`.
+3. Refer to the
+   [tree-sitter website](https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#queries)
+   for more information on writing queries.
+
+> 💡 In Helix, the first matching query takes precedence when evaluating
+> queries, which is different from other editors such as Neovim where the last
+> matching query supersedes the ones before it. See
+> [this issue](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/1170#issuecomment-997294090)
+> for an example.
+
+## Common issues
+
+- If you encounter errors when running Helix after switching branches, you may
+  need to update the tree-sitter grammars. Run the command `hx --grammar fetch`
+  to fetch the grammars and `hx --grammar build` to build any out-of-date
+  grammars.
+- If a parser is causing a segfault, or you want to remove it, make sure to
+  remove the compiled parser located at `runtime/grammars/<name>.so`.