Merge pull request #425 from thdox/documentation

Thanks Thierry

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index 14a71778..d32d7947 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -3986,8 +3986,8 @@ $ ledger --effective register Groceries
 @subsection Periodic Transactions
 @findex --budget
 
-A periodic transaction starts with a @samp{~} followed by a period
-expression.  Periodic transactions are used for budgeting and
+A periodic transaction starts with a tilde @samp{~} followed by a period
+expression (see @ref{Period Expressions}).  Periodic transactions are used for budgeting and
 forecasting only, they have no effect without the @option{--budget}
 option specified.  For examples and details, @pxref{Budgeting and
 Forecasting}.
@@ -5908,7 +5908,9 @@ database.
 Display the man page for @file{ledger}.
 
 @item --init-file @var{FILE}
-Specify the location of the init file.  The default is @file{~/.ledgerrc}.
+Specify the location of the init file.  The default is home directory
+@file{~/.ledgerrc}, or current directory @file{./.ledgerrc} if not found
+in home directory.
 
 @item --options
 Display the options in effect for this Ledger invocation, along with
@@ -10005,14 +10007,18 @@ In case several test files belong to the same bug number the files by appending
 @code{_X} where @samp{X} is the number of the test, e.g. @samp{1234_1.test},
 @samp{1234_2.test}.
 
+Baseline Test Types:
 @anchor{Baseline Test Types}
-@multitable @columnfractions .3 .7
-@headitem Type @tab Use
-@item @code{cmd} @tab Ledger commands like @code{register} or @code{balance}
-@item @code{dir} @tab ?
-@item @code{feat} @tab ?
-@item @code{opt} @tab Ledger options such as @option{--period} or @option{--format}
-@end multitable
+@table @code
+@item cmd
+Ledger commands like @command{register} or @command{balance}
+@item dir
+Ledger directives like @code{account} or @code{alias}
+@item feat
+Ledger features such as balance assertions in journal file
+@item opt
+Ledger options such as @option{--period} or @option{--format}
+@end table
 
 A ledger test file contains three sections: