Update manual install steps

to be simpler, and to teach users how to do it from outside Zsh.
Users might use provioning scripts to manage their dotfiles, and knowing
how to install from outside Zsh might be helpful in some cases.
See #400.

Closes #402
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@ -55,26 +55,22 @@ If you have a different shell framework installed (like oh-my-zsh or prezto),
### Manual installation
1. Start a Zsh shell
1. Set Zsh as the default shell:
zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)
2. Set Zsh as the default shell:
chsh -s =zsh
3. Copy https://github.com/zimfw/zimfw/releases/latest/download/zimfw.zsh to
`~/.zim/zimfw.zsh`.
4. Add the lines in the following templates to the respective dot files:
2. Add the lines in the following templates to the respective dot files:
* [~/.zshenv](https://github.com/zimfw/install/blob/master/src/templates/zshenv)
* [~/.zshrc](https://github.com/zimfw/install/blob/master/src/templates/zshrc)
* [~/.zlogin](https://github.com/zimfw/install/blob/master/src/templates/zlogin)
* [~/.zimrc](https://github.com/zimfw/install/blob/master/src/templates/zimrc)
5. Install the modules defined in `~/.zimrc` and build the initialization scripts:
3. Copy https://github.com/zimfw/zimfw/releases/latest/download/zimfw.zsh to
`~/.zim/zimfw.zsh`.
source ~/.zim/zimfw.zsh install
4. Install the modules defined in `~/.zimrc` and build the initialization scripts:
zsh ~/.zim/zimfw.zsh install
Usage
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