README: changes and fixups

Two orthogonal goals:
	- try to make README look a little nicer on phabricator by using
	  Remarkup syntax for commands (using `` instead of using a closing ')
	- try to make README look a little nicer on github.

	- Don't encourage `make world` when the handbook specifies otherwise
	- Change language around documentation to be a bit clearer

MFC After:	2 weeks
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more information).
The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for
building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree, the most
commonly used one being ``world'', which rebuilds and installs
everything in the FreeBSD system from the source tree except the
kernel, the kernel-modules and the contents of /etc. The ``world''
target should only be used in cases where the source tree has not
changed from the currently running version. See:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7)
and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
for more information, including setting make(1) variables.
The ``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets build and install
The `buildkernel` and `installkernel` targets build and install
the kernel and the modules (see below). Please see the top of
the Makefile in this directory for more information on the
standard build targets and compile-time flags.
Building a kernel is a somewhat more involved process, documentation
for which can be found at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html
And in the config(8) man page.
Building a kernel is a somewhat more involved process. See build(7), config(8),
and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html
for more information.
Note: If you want to build and install the kernel with the
``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets, you might need to build
`buildkernel` and `installkernel` targets, you might need to build
world before. More information is available in the handbook.
The sample kernel configuration files reside in the sys/<arch>/conf
sub-directory (assuming that you've installed the kernel sources), the
file named GENERIC being the one used to build your initial installation
kernel. The file NOTES contains entries and documentation for all possible
The kernel configuration files reside in the sys/<arch>/conf
sub-directory. GENERIC is the default configuration used in release builds.
NOTES contains entries and documentation for all possible
devices, not just those commonly used.
Source Roadmap:
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bin System/user commands.
cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development