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diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi index e52aff2b..e9b0f552 100644 --- a/doc/ledger3.texi +++ b/doc/ledger3.texi @@ -4547,8 +4547,8 @@ Transaction Number,Date,Description,Memo,Amount Debit,Amount Credit,Balance,Chec Unfortunately, as it stands Ledger cannot read it, but you can. Ledger expects the first line to contain a description of the fields on each -line of the file. The fields ledger can recognize are called -@code{date}, @code{posted}, @code{code}, @code{payee} or @code{desc}, +line of the file. The fields ledger can recognize contain these case-insensitive strings +@code{date}, @code{posted}, @code{code}, @code{payee} or @code{desc} or @code{description}, @code{amount}, @code{cost}, @code{total}, and @code{note}. Delete the account description lines at the top, and replace the first @@ -4582,17 +4582,17 @@ transid,date,payee,note,amount,,,code, @end smallexample Ledger will include @samp{; transid: 767718} in the first transaction -is from the file above. +from the file above. @findex --invert @findex --account @var{STR} @findex --rich-data -The @command{convert} command accepts three options. The most important -ones are @option{--invert} which inverts the amount field, and +The @command{convert} command accepts three options. They are +@option{--invert} which inverts the amount field, @option{--account @var{STR}} which you can use to specify the account to -balance against and @option{--rich-data}. When using the rich-data -switch, additional metadata is stored as tags. There is, for example, +balance against, and @option{--rich-data} which stores +additional metadata as tags. There is, for example, a UUID field. If an entry with the same UUID tag is already included in the normal ledger file (specified via @option{--file @var{FILE} (-f)} or via the environment variable @env{LEDGER_FILE}) this entry will not be @@ -4613,7 +4613,7 @@ account Aufwand:Einkauf:Lebensmittel Note that it may be necessary for the output of @samp{ledger convert} to be passed through @code{ledger print} a second time if you want to -match on the new payee field. During the @code{ledger convert} run +match on the new payee field. During the @code{ledger convert} run, only the original payee name as specified in the csv data seems to be used. @@ -5239,7 +5239,7 @@ report the values used by each tag. @findex entry @findex xact -The @command{xact} command simplify the creation of new transactions. +The @command{xact} command simplifies the creation of new transactions. It works on the principle that 80% of all postings are variants of earlier postings. Here's how it works: |