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diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi index c08d6657..19772a3c 100644 --- a/doc/ledger3.texi +++ b/doc/ledger3.texi @@ -8471,9 +8471,12 @@ Print version information and exit. @node Pre-commands, , Debug Options, Developer Commands @subsection Pre-Commands +@cindex pre-commands Pre-commands are useful when you aren't sure how a command or option -will work. +will work. The difference between a pre-command and a regular command +is that pre-commands ignore the journal data file completely, nor is +the user's init file read. @ftable @code @item args @@ -8490,14 +8493,14 @@ Evaluate the given arguments against the following model transaction: Liabilities:MasterCard $-200.00 @end smallexample -@item eval +@item eval @var{VEXPR} Evaluate the given value expression against the model transaction @item expr "LIMIT EXPRESSION" Print details of how ledger parses the given limit expression and apply it against a model transaction. -@item format "FORMATTING" +@item format @var{FORMAT_STRING} Print details of how ledger uses the given formatting description and apply it against a model transaction. @@ -8505,7 +8508,7 @@ apply it against a model transaction. Randomly generates syntactically valid Ledger data from a seed. Used by the GenerateTests harness for development testing -@item parse <VALUE EXPR> +@item parse @var{VEXPR} Print details of how ledger uses the given value expression description and apply it against a model transaction. |