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-Outline of the user manual:
-for now, this will all be one page. the API can be linked to
+# User Manual for the Cyclone Scheme->C Compiler
 
-- Introduction
-- Requirements
-  supported platforms, packages required to build, etc
-- Installation
-  installation procedure
-- Usage
+- [Introduction](#introduction)
+- [Requirements](#requirements)
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- [Usage](#usage)
   - Compiling Scheme files / libraries
     include requirements on input files, generated files, etc
   - Command line options
@@ -22,6 +19,52 @@ for now, this will all be one page. the API can be linked to
 - Debugging
   include profiling instructions?
 - Limitations???
-- References / Further Reading
-- Contact
+- [Licensing](#licensing)
+- [References and Further Reading](#references-and-further-reading)
+
+
+# Introduction
+Cyclone is an experimental Scheme-to-C compiler that uses a variant of the [Cheney on the MTA](http://www.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/CheneyMTA.html) technique to implement full tail recursion, continuations, generational garbage collection, and native threads.
+
+TODO: Contact
   - include information on bug reports (or should that go towards the beginning?)
+
+# Requirements
+
+Tested on Linux, x86 (32-bit) and ARM
+
+Required packages:
+- [Concurrency Kit](http://concurrencykit.org/)
+
+    The best way to install libck is via a package manager such as `apt-get`. But if a package is not available for this library it can also be built from source. Just replace `0.5.0` below with the latest version available from their website:
+    
+        wget http://concurrencykit.org/releases/ck-0.5.0.tar.gz
+        tar xfz ck-0.5.0.tar.gz ; cd ck-0.5.0 ; ./configure && make all && sudo make install
+        sudo ldconfig
+    
+- make
+- gcc
+
+# Installation
+TODO: installation procedure for cyclone-bootstrap
+TODO: installation procedure for development????
+
+# Usage
+
+# Licensing
+Cyclone is available under the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
+
+# References and Further Reading
+
+- [CONS Should Not CONS Its Arguments, Part II: Cheney on the M.T.A.](http://www.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/CheneyMTA.html), by Henry Baker
+- [CHICKEN Scheme](http://www.call-cc.org/)
+- [Chibi Scheme](https://github.com/ashinn/chibi-scheme)
+- [Compiling Scheme to C with closure conversion](http://matt.might.net/articles/compiling-scheme-to-c/), by Matt Might
+- Implementing an on-the-fly garbage collector for Java, by Domani et al
+- [Lisp in Small Pieces](http://pagesperso-systeme.lip6.fr/Christian.Queinnec/WWW/LiSP.html), by Christian Queinnec
+- Portable, Unobtrusive Garbage Collection for Multiprocessor Systems, by Damien Doligez and Georges Gonthier
+- [R<sup>5</sup>RS Scheme Specification](http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/HTML/)
+- [R<sup>7</sup>RS Scheme Specification](http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/wiki)
+- [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html), by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
+- [The 90 minute Scheme to C compiler](http://churchturing.org/y/90-min-scc.pdf), by Marc Feeley
+