Update building.rst

Added instructions for installing via Homebrew on OS X

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@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ The theme manager isn't built by default on Unix. To do so install MonoDevelop w
 Mac
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+HexChat can be installed via Homebrew. The Homebrew version
+is automatically configured to support Python and Perl so that
+scripts can be loaded from ~/.config/hexchat/addons. First install
+Homebrew_, then do the following:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+       brew install hexchat
+       cd /usr/local/Cellar/hexchat/2.9.6/bin
+       ./hexchat
+
+If you would rather compile HexChat from source,
+follow the instructions below instead.
+
 Install Homebrew_, then install all
 the build dependencies of HexChat such as GTK+.
 
@@ -164,7 +178,7 @@ Extract it and run the following commands:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-       cd hexchat
+       cd hexchat-2.9.6.1
        ./configure --disable-nls --disable-xlib --disable-python --disable-perl
        make
        sudo make install