Various minor documentation updates: mention sshfs, Linux packages,

minor changes to prose, etc.

docs/global.rst.inc

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 .. _OpenSSL: https://www.openssl.org/
 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
 .. _`msgpack-python`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/msgpack-python/
+.. _llfuse: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/llfuse/
 .. _homebrew: http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
 .. _issue tracker: https://github.com/jborg/attic/issues
 .. _userspace filesystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace

docs/index.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Welcome to Attic
 |project_name| is a deduplicating backup program written in Python.
 The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way
 to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name|
-suitable for daily backups since only actual changes are stored.
+suitable for daily backups since only the changes are stored.
 
 
 Easy to use
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ User's Guide
 Getting help
 ============
 
-If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request you can add your bug
-report or feature request directly to the project `issue tracker`_. For more
-general questions or discussions a post to the mailing list is preferred.
+If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request, you can add your bug
+report or feature request directly to the project's `issue tracker`_. For more
+general questions or discussions, a post to the mailing list is preferred.
 
 Mailing list
 ------------
 
-There is a mailing list for Attic on librelist_ you can use for feature
+There is a mailing list for Attic on librelist_ that you can use for feature
 requests and general discussions about Attic. A mailing list archive is
 available `here <http://librelist.com/browser/attic/>`_.
 
-To subscribe to the list send an email to attic@librelist.com and reply
-to the confirmation mail. Likevise To unsubscribe send an email to 
+To subscribe to the list, send an email to attic@librelist.com and reply
+to the confirmation mail. Likewise, to unsubscribe, send an email to 
 attic-unsubscribe@librelist.com and reply to the confirmation mail.

docs/installation.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Installation
 ============
 
 |project_name| requires Python_ 3.2 or above to work. Even though Python 3 is
-not the default Python version on most Linux distributions it is usually
+not the default Python version on most Linux distributions, it is usually
 available as an optional install.
 
 Other dependencies:
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Other dependencies:
 The OpenSSL version bundled with Mac OS X and FreeBSD is most likey too old.
 Newer versions are available from homebrew_ on OS X and from FreeBSD ports.
 
+The llfuse_ python package is also required if you wish to mount an
+archive as a FUSE filesystem.
+
 Installing from PyPI using pip
 ------------------------------
 ::
@@ -39,5 +42,11 @@ Installing from git
     $ cd attic
     $ python setup.py install
 
-Please not that when installing from git Cython_ is required to generate some files that
+Please note that when installing from git, Cython_ is required to generate some files that
 are normally bundled with the release tarball.
+
+Packages
+--------
+
+|project_name| is also part of the Debian_, Ubuntu_ and `Arch Linux`_
+distributions of GNU/Linux.

docs/quickstart.rst

@@ -113,13 +113,20 @@ Key file based encryption
 Remote repositories
 -------------------
 
-|project_name| can initialize and access repositories on remote hosts as the
-host is accessible using SSH and |project_name| is installed.
-
-The following syntax is used to address remote repositories::
+|project_name| can initialize and access repositories on remote hosts if the
+host is accessible using SSH.  This is fastest and easiest when |project_name|
+is installed on the remote host, in which case the following syntax is used::
 
   $ attic init user@hostname:repository.attic
 
 or::
 
   $ attic init ssh://user@hostname:port/repository.attic
+
+If it is not possible to install |project_name| on the remote host, 
+it is still possible to use the remote host to store a repository by
+mounting the remote filesystem, for example, using sshfs::
+
+  $ sshfs user@hostname:/path/to/folder /tmp/mymountpoint
+  $ attic init /tmp/mymountpoint/repository.attic
+  $ fusermount -u /tmp/mymountpoint