Merge #2457

2457: Clarify installation instructions r=matklad a=fintelia

In particular it is necessary to clone the repository before running the other commands. I also removed the `cargo install` side note because it didn't actually work (running the command just produces an error that --package isn't a recognized flag) and added a tldr code block with the list of commands to run.

Co-authored-by: Jonathan Behrens <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docs/user/README.md b/docs/user/README.md
index 913ecea18..adacead52 100644
--- a/docs/user/README.md
+++ b/docs/user/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 The main interface to rust-analyzer is the
 [LSP](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/) implementation. To
-install lsp server, use `cargo xtask install --server`, which is a shorthand for `cargo
-install --package ra_lsp_server`. The binary is named `ra_lsp_server`, you
-should be able to use it with any LSP-compatible editor. We use custom
+install lsp server, clone the repository and then run `cargo xtask install
+--server` (which is shorthand for `cargo install --path
+./crates/ra_lsp_server`). This will produce a binary named `ra_lsp_server` which
+you should be able to use it with any LSP-compatible editor. We use custom
 extensions to LSP, so special client-side support is required to take full
 advantage of rust-analyzer. This repository contains support code for VS Code
 and Emacs.
 
-Rust Analyzer needs sources of rust standard library to work, so you might need
-to execute
+```
+$ git clone [email protected]:rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer && cd rust-analyzer
+$ cargo xtask install --server
+```
+Rust Analyzer needs sources of rust standard library to work, so
+you might also need to execute
 
 ```
 $ rustup component add rust-src