Add instructions regarding less to the README

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+Behind the scenes, delta uses `less` for paging. The version of `less` that comes with your operating system may be too old (currently, less v551 is a good choice). On MacOS, install `less` from Homebrew. For Windows, see [Using Delta on Windows](#using-delta-on-windows).
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 ## Configuration
 
 Set delta to be git's pager in your `.gitconfig`. Delta has many options to alter colors and other details of the output. An example is
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 ### Using Delta on Windows
 
-Delta works on Windows. However, the `less.exe` installed with git has some bugs: you will see incorrect colors and other problems. A patched version of `less.exe` and instructions for installing can be found [here](https://github.com/lzybkr/less/releases/tag/fix_windows_vt).
+Delta works on Windows. If you see incorrect colors and/or strange characters in Delta output, it is probably because there is an old version of `less.exe` on your system. On Windows, Git ships with its own version of `less.exe` for this reason, however there are still some bugs that affect delta. A patched version of `less.exe` and instructions for installing can be found [here](https://github.com/lzybkr/less/releases/tag/fix_windows_vt).
 
 
 ### Mouse scrolling