diff --git a/README b/README
index eda8c22..e6fded5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,19 +1,51 @@
 Pmacs version 0.1
 
-Released june 27, 2007 by Erik Osheim <erik@osheim.org>
+Released June 27, 2007 by Erik Osheim <erik@osheim.org>
 
 Pmacs is an Emacs-like editor written entirely in Python. It is designed to have
-maximally correct and powerful support for syntax highlighting, indenting, etc.
-and to be extensible in python.
+maximally correct and powerful support for syntax highlighting, to support
+various methods of automatically indenting lines, and to be extensible in
+python.
+
+Pmacs is available to you under the GPL version 2.
+
+While the general interface of pmacs is related to emacs, there was explicitly
+no attempt to support all emacs' functions, emacs' underlying data structures,
+or even high-level. There is not currently a formalized "public API" for pmacs,
+although some parts are "more public" than others. The code is somewhat
+commented, although currently there is only one author. Buyer beware!
 
 Requirements:
-=============
     1. python 2.3 or higher
     2. ncurses
 
 Optional Dependencies:
-======================
     1. ispell
     2. aespipe
     3. perl
     4. ctags
+    5. cvs
+    6. svn
+
+Quick Start Guide:
+    1. Download and unpack the pmacs tarball file. After this, there should be
+        a directory called "pmacs2" somewhere in your filesystem. It doesn't
+        matter where you put this. We'll call the full path to this directory
+        PMACSDIR; in future steps substitute the actual path for this symbol.
+    2. Create a symlink to PMACSDIR/application.py and put it in a directory
+        listed in your $PATH (~/bin, /usr/local/bin, and /usr/bin are all good
+        candidates). You can name this symlink whatever you want; I use "pmc".
+    3. Try editing a file, by typing "pmc FILE" where FILE is the path to the
+        file you want to edit.
+    4. Edit the file!
+
+        You can type Control-c and then Meta-h to get a list of all the
+        available actions and which key(s) perform them. Type Control-x k to get
+        out of the "help buffer". If you have used emacs, many (but not all) of
+        these keybindings should seem familiar.
+
+    5. To save your changes, type Control-x Control-s. To quit, type Control-x
+        Control-c. To quit without saving changes, type Control-c Control-c.
+
+There is currently no other documentation (besides comments in the code). Good
+luck!
diff --git a/mode2.py b/mode2.py
index eaf0c2b..03f3f15 100644
--- a/mode2.py
+++ b/mode2.py
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ class Handler(object):
     def add_action(self, action):
         if self.window is None:
             return
-        if action.name in self.window.application.methods:
+        elif action.name in self.window.application.methods:
             return
-        if action.name in self.window.application.methods:
-            raise Exception, "Action %r already found" % action.name
-        self.window.application.methods[action.name] = action
+        else:
+            self.window.application.methods[action.name] = action
     def del_action(self, name):
         if self.window is None:
             return
@@ -33,9 +32,10 @@ class Handler(object):
     def add_binding(self, name, sequence):
         if self.window is None:
             return
-        if name not in self.window.application.methods:
+        elif name not in self.window.application.methods:
             raise Exception, "No action called %r found" % name
-        self.bindings[sequence] = name
+        else:
+            self.bindings[sequence] = name
     def add_bindings(self, name, sequences):
         if self.window is None:
             return