diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ CachyOS/Arch:
 
 ```bash
 sudo pacman -Syu curl vim-nox fzf ripgrep ctags fish grc tmux htop direnv
+# needed for building vim plugins:
+sudo pacman -Syu cmake make
+# also, this classic:
+sudo pacman -Syu mc
 ```
 
 and maybe install a nice colour theme for your terminal from https://gogh-co.github.io/Gogh/ - I use argonaut with a black background myself.
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ In tmux, do `infocmp > screen-256color`. Add the line `kf16=\E[17;2~,` and compi
 
 The `update_repos` script takes the `~/.git_repos` config file and lets you update and clone your projects automatically (or at least in a batch). In the example the first four repos are located in ~/workspace/projects/github, and the other two in workspace/projects/others and workspace/projects/private respectively; then the workspace and group are empty, so mydocs is cloned into the homedir. At the moment, only paths relative to the user's homedir are supported.
 
-```conf
+```ini
 workspace=workspace/projects
 group=github
 git@github.com:aquatix/ns-api.git