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| author | John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com> | 2018-11-19 10:16:00 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-11-19 10:16:00 -0800 |
| commit | 7567fb7595c9937088abec6caaf7b59f8e2e772a (patch) | |
| tree | ddd9ee4a0079fc121348b509dc95b2c8c6e59eaf /doc | |
| parent | d9e6a04a31542c3ddef940d35775ceb29ef06300 (diff) | |
| parent | eefa015836d87b9944da2e51373aff643841d69b (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #1691 from GeorgLink/patch-1
explain round brackets in section 3.8 on multiple funds
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diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi index ae3dce08..63946d25 100644 --- a/doc/ledger3.texi +++ b/doc/ledger3.texi @@ -1384,10 +1384,11 @@ account: (Funds:School) $-100.00 @end smallexample -When reports are generated, by default they'll appear in terms of the -funds. In this case, you will likely want to mask out your -@samp{Assets} account, because otherwise the balance won't make much -sense: +The use of round brackets creates a virtual posting without ensuring +a balance to zero. When reports are generated, by default they'll +appear in terms of the funds. In this case, you will likely want to +mask out your @samp{Assets} account, because otherwise the balance +won't make much sense: @smallexample @c command:396F24E $ ledger --no-total bal not ^Assets |