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authorDavid Gilman <davidgilman1@gmail.com>2011-09-01 17:31:49 -0500
committerDavid Gilman <davidgilman1@gmail.com>2011-09-01 17:31:49 -0500
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Add warning to docs about whitespace in ledger format.
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@@ -1305,8 +1305,9 @@ The format of each following posting is:
ACCOUNT AMOUNT [; NOTE]
@end example
-The @samp{ACCOUNT} may be surrounded by parentheses if it is a virtual
-postings, or square brackets if it is a virtual postings that
+Note that there must be at least two spaces between @samp{ACCOUNT} and
+@samp{AMOUNT}. The @samp{ACCOUNT} may be surrounded by parentheses if it
+is a virtual posting or square brackets if it is a virtual posting that
must balance. The @samp{AMOUNT} can be followed by a per-unit
posting cost, by specifying @samp{@@ AMOUNT}, or a complete
posting cost with @samp{@@@@ AMOUNT}. Lastly, the @samp{NOTE} may