[doc] Updated README and included it in docs

README.rst

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 ====================
  The Accounting API
 ====================
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  Dependencies
 --------------
 
--   ledger-cli version 3 (I have not tried with version 2.x)
--   Flask (install by running ``pip install -r requirements.txt``).
+-   Python >=3.3
+-   ledger version 3 (I have not tried with version 2.x)
+-   Python packages: Flask, etc. (install by running ``pip install -r
+    requirements.txt``)
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ GTK Client Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To run the GTK client you need to have ``gi.repository`` avaiable in the python
+environment, this means that if you use virtualenv to install the dependencies
+of accounting-api you need to set it up with the ``--system-site-packages``
+flag.
+
+---------------------------------------
+ Installation (i.e. Development Setup)
+---------------------------------------
+
+accounting-api does not yet have a method for end-user installation. This
+section describes how you would set up accounting-api for development purposes,
+which can also be used as an environment to try out the functionality of
+accounting-api.
+
+See the sections below on how to install the dependencies. Then run the
+following in your shell.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Get the source code
+    git clone git://gitorious.org/conservancy/accounting-api.git
+    cd accounting-api
+
+    # Set up the python 3.3 virtualenv (this will make the GTK client not work)
+    mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.3 accounting-api
+    # OR If you want the GTK client to work
+    mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.3 --system-site-packages accounting-api
+
+    # If your terminal prompt does not say "(accounting-api)", run
+    workon accounting-api
+
+    # Install the python packages
+    pip-3.3 install -r requirements.txt
+
+If all went well, head to :ref:`usage`. If not, head to the channel ``#npoacct``
+on ``irc.freenode.net``.
+
+~~~~~~~~
+ Ubuntu
+~~~~~~~~
+
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # git python 3.3 and virtualenvwrapper
+    sudo apt-get install git-core python3.3 virtualenvwrapper
+
+    # ledger 3
+    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mbudde/ledger
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install ledger
+
+
+.. _usage:
 
 -------
  Usage
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     # Get a balance report via the web service
     ./bin/client balance
+
+    # Get the transaction log
+    ./bin/client register
+
+    # Insert a simple transaction, currency will be autodetected from your
+    # locale, for another currency, use ``--symbol USD``
+    ./bin/client insert "January rent" Assets:Checking Expenses:Rent 654.32

doc/source/README.rst

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+../../README.rst

doc/source/index.rst

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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   README
    api/accounting.rst