more documentation knows about the new install_tools.nims script

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@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ There are also ``install.sh`` and ``deinstall.sh`` scripts for distributing
the files over the UNIX hierarchy. However, updating your Nim installation
is more cumbersome then.
To complete the installation you should also build Nim's tools like
``nimsuggest``, ``nimble`` or ``nimgrep`` via::
nim e install_tools.nims
Note that these tools should also end up in your ``PATH`` so adding
``$your_install_dir/bin/nim`` to your ``PATH`` is preferred over the symlink
solution.
Installation on the Macintosh
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@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ instead of ``build.sh``.
The ``koch`` tool is the Nim build tool, more ``koch`` related options are
documented in [doc/koch.rst](doc/koch.rst).
To complete the installation you should also build Nim's tools like
``nimsuggest``, ``nimble`` or ``nimgrep``:
```
nim e install_tools.nims
```
## Nimble
[Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble) is Nim's package manager. For the
source based installations where you added Nim's ``bin`` directory to your PATH