update install instructions

INSTALL.rst

@@ -1,36 +1,41 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
-Install
--------
+**Install**
 
 Note: The following instructions are for Linux and Max OSX systems and only use
 command line tools. Please follow the appropriate manuals for Windows systems or
-tools with graphical interfaces.
+tools with graphical interfaces. The most recent version, NEAT 1.0-rc1 can be 
+installed from the master branch.
 
-You can install the latest release via pip:
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   git clone git@github.com:unibe-cns/NEAT.git
+   cd NEAT
+   pip install .
+
+**Post-Install**
 
-   .. code-block:: shell
+Note that if you install NEAT with pip, as above, NEURON will automatically be installed as well.
+To use NEAT with `NEST <https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html>`_, 
+you need to manually install NEST on your system, by following the detailed
+`installation instructions <https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/index.html>`_.
 
-      pip install neatdend
+**Testing the installation**
 
-The adventurous can install the most recent development version directly from our master branch (don't use this in production unless there are good reasons!):
+NEAT makes the shell command `neatmodels` available. This command compiles groups of NEAT-defined 
+ion channels into for NEURON or NEST models, so that they can be simulated.
+You can test whether this command is available by installing a set of default ion channels of NEAT:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-   git clone git@github.com:unibe-cns/NEAT.git
-   cd NEAT
-   pip install .
+    neatmodels install default
 
-Post-Install
-------------
+This installs the default channels for NEURON. To install them for NEST, use:
 
-To use NEAT with `NEURON <https://neuron.yale.edu/neuron/>`_, make sure NEURON
-is properly installed with its Python interface, and compile and install the
-default NEURON mechanisms by running
-::
+.. code-block:: shell
 
-    compilechannels default
+    neatmodels install default -s nest
 
 To test the installation (requires `pytest`)
 ::

pyproject.toml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = 'nest-neat'
-version = '1.0-rc1'
+version = '1.0-rc2'
 authors = [
     {name = 'Willem Wybo'}, 
     {name = 'Jakob Jordan'},