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 # aider is GPT-4 powered coding in your terminal
 
-`aider` is a command-line chat tool that allows you to code with GPT-4 in the terminal.
-Ask GPT for features, improvements, or bug fixes and `aider` will apply the suggested changes to your source files.
-Each change is automatically committed to git with a descriptive commit message.
+`aider` is a command-line chat tool that allows you to write and edit
+code with GPT-4 in the terminal.  Ask GPT for features, improvements,
+or bug fixes and `aider` will apply the suggested changes to your
+source files.  Each change is automatically committed to git with a
+descriptive commit message.
 
 ![aider screenshot](screenshot.gif)