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-rw-r--r--README-1ST19
-rw-r--r--README.md17
-rw-r--r--doc/ledger.12
-rw-r--r--doc/ledger3.texi571
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-commodities.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-complete.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-context.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-exec.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-fonts.el10
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-init.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-mode.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-occur.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-post.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-reconcile.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-regex.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-report.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-schedule.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-sort.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-state.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-test.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-texi.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/ledger-xact.el4
-rw-r--r--src/CMakeLists.txt3
23 files changed, 345 insertions, 345 deletions
diff --git a/README-1ST b/README-1ST
index 21a50ea9..b9bde80e 100644
--- a/README-1ST
+++ b/README-1ST
@@ -54,19 +54,12 @@ it's usually fairly obvious where things have gone astray.
GNU/Linux system (or Debian-based system such as Ubuntu), something
like this should work (as root):
- # aptitude update
- # for name in \
- cmake libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-doc \
- libboost-dbg libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-graph-dev \
- libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-program-options-dev \
- libboost-python-dev libboost-regex-dev \
- libboost-serialization-dev libboost-signals-dev \
- libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-wave-dev \
- libmpfr-dev libmpfr-dbg libmpfr-doc; \
- do \
- aptitude install ${name}; \
- done
-
+ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake autopoint texinfo python-dev \
+ zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libgmp3-dev gettext libmpfr-dev \
+ libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
+ libboost-graph-dev libboost-iostreams-dev \
+ libboost-python-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-test-dev
+
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Q: Configure fails saying it can't find boost_regex
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5eacbced..d758794c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ current `master` branch:
<tr><td>Boost</td><td>1.35</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>GMP</td><td>4.2.2</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>MPFR</td><td>2.4.0</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td>utfcpp</td><td>2.3.4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>gettext</td><td>0.17</td><td><em>optional</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>libedit</td><td>20090111-3.0</td><td><em>optional</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>Python</td><td>2.4</td><td><em>optional</em></td></tr>
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ following packages (current as of Ubuntu 12.04):
Or, for Ubuntu Karmic:
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake texinfo python-dev zlib1g-dev
- libbz2-dev libgmp3-dev bjam gettext cvs libboost1.40-dev
- libboost-regex1.40-dev libboost-date-time1.40-dev
- libboost-filesystem1.40-dev libmpfr-dev
+ libbz2-dev libgmp3-dev bjam gettext cvs libboost-dev
+ libboost-regex-dev libboost-date-time-dev
+ libboost-filesystem-dev libmpfr-dev
### Debian
@@ -124,11 +125,11 @@ Debian wheezy (7.0) contains all components needed to build ledger.
You can install all required build dependencies using the following
command:
- sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake autopoint texinfo python-dev
- zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libgmp3-dev gettext libmpfr-dev
- libboost-date-time1.49-dev libboost-filesystem1.49-dev
- libboost-graph1.49-dev libboost-iostreams1.49-dev
- libboost-python1.49-dev libboost-regex1.49-dev libboost-test1.49-dev
+ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake autopoint texinfo python-dev \
+ zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libgmp3-dev gettext libmpfr-dev \
+ libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
+ libboost-graph-dev libboost-iostreams-dev \
+ libboost-python-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-test-dev
## Building
diff --git a/doc/ledger.1 b/doc/ledger.1
index 7f4a78ac..46c7a68e 100644
--- a/doc/ledger.1
+++ b/doc/ledger.1
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ a
script, implemented in Perl, is provided in the
distribution. Downloaded quote price are then appended to the price
database, usually specified using the environment variable
-.NmLEDGER_PRICE_DB .
+.Nm LEDGER_PRICE_DB .
.It Fl \-empty Pq Fl E
Include empty accounts in report.
.It Fl \-end Ar DATE Pq Fl e
diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index 02454fdc..d5767efa 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -2265,11 +2265,12 @@ assert <VALUE EXPRESSION BOOLEAN RESULT>
Defines the default account to use for balancing transactions.
Normally, each transaction has at least two postings, which must
balance to zero. Ledger allows you to leave one posting with no
-amount and automatically calculate balance the transaction in the
+amount and automatically balance the transaction in the
posting. The @code{bucket} allows you to fill in all postings and
automatically generate an additional posting to the bucket account
-balancing the transaction. The following example set the
-@samp{Assets:Checking} as the bucket:
+balancing the transaction. If any transaction is unbalanced, it
+will automatically be balanced against the @code{bucket} account.
+The following example sets @samp{Assets:Checking} as the bucket:
@smallexample @c input:validate
bucket Assets:Checking
@@ -2303,7 +2304,7 @@ Ledger will display the mapped payees in @command{print} and
@item check
@c instance_t::check_directive in textual.cc
-A check can issue a warning if a condition is not met during Ledger's
+A check issues a warning if a condition is not met during Ledger's
run.
@smallexample
@@ -2315,7 +2316,7 @@ check <VALUE EXPRESSION BOOLEAN RESULT>
Start a block comment, closed by @code{end comment}.
@item commodity
-Pre-declare commodity names. This only has effect if @option{--strict}
+Pre-declare commodity names. This only has an effect if @option{--strict}
or @option{--pedantic} is used (see below).
@smallexample @c input:validate
@@ -2324,8 +2325,8 @@ commodity CAD
@end smallexample
The @code{commodity} directive supports several optional
-sub-directives, if they immediately follow the commodity directive and
-if they begin with whitespace:
+sub-directives, if they immediately follow the commodity directive
+and---if they are on successive lines---begin with whitespace:
@smallexample @c input:validate
commodity $
@@ -2338,19 +2339,19 @@ commodity $
The @code{note} sub-directive associates a textual note with the
commodity. At present this has no value other than documentation.
-The @code{format} directive gives you a way to tell Ledger how to
-format this commodity. In future using this directive will disable
+The @code{format} sub-directive gives you a way to tell Ledger how to
+format this commodity. In the future, using this directive will disable
Ledger's observation of other ways that commodity is used, and will
provide the ``canonical'' representation.
-The @code{nomarket} directive states that the commodity's price should
+The @code{nomarket} sub-directive states that the commodity's price should
never be auto-downloaded.
-The @code{default} directive marks this as the ``default'' commodity.
+The @code{default} sub-directive marks this as the ``default'' commodity.
@item define
@c instance_t::define_directive in textual.cc
-Allows you to define value expression for future use. For example:
+Allows you to define value expressions for future use. For example:
@smallexample @c input:validate
define var_name=$100
@@ -2420,15 +2421,15 @@ Include the stated file as if it were part of the current file.
@findex register
The @code{payee} directive supports one optional sub-directive, if it
-immediately follows the payee directive and if it begins with
-whitespace:
+immediately follows the payee directive and---if it is on a successive
+line---begins with whitespace:
@smallexample @c input:validate
payee KFC
alias KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN
@end smallexample
-The @code{alias} directive provides a regex which, if it matches
+The @code{alias} sub-directive provides a regex which, if it matches
a parsed payee, the declared payee name is substituted:
@smallexample
@@ -2489,12 +2490,15 @@ is the equivalent of:
Income:Sales
@end smallexample
-Note that anything following @code{end apply tag} is ignored. placing
-the name of the tag that is being closed is a simple way to keep
-track.
+@c TODO: the following paragraph seems to be false, the automated tests
+@c fail, if anything appears after end apply tag.
+
+@c Note that anything following @code{end apply tag} is ignored. placing
+@c the name of the tag that is being closed is a simple way to keep
+@c track.
@item tag
-Pre-declares tag names. This only has effect if @option{--strict} or
+Pre-declares tag names. This only has an effect if @option{--strict} or
@option{--pedantic} is used (see below).
@smallexample @c input:validate
@@ -2503,8 +2507,8 @@ tag CSV
@end smallexample
The @code{tag} directive supports two optional sub-directives, if they
-immediately follow the tag directive and if they begin with
-whitespace:
+immediately follow the tag directive and---if on a successive line---begin
+with whitespace:
@smallexample @c input:validate
tag Receipt
@@ -2512,12 +2516,12 @@ tag Receipt
assert value != "foobar"
@end smallexample
-The @code{check} and @code{assert} directives warn or error
+The @code{check} and @code{assert} sub-directives warn or error
(respectively) if the given value expression evaluates to false within
the context of any use of the related tag. In such a context,
-``value'' is bound to the value of the tag (which may not be a string
-if typed-metadata is used!). Such checks or assertions are not called
-if no value is given.
+``value'' is bound to the value of the tag (which may be something else
+but a string if typed metadata is used!). Such checks or assertions are
+not called if no value is given.
@item test
@c instance_t::comment_directive in textual.cc
@@ -2582,7 +2586,7 @@ C 1.00 Kb = 1024 bytes
@item I, i, O, o, b, h
These four relate to timeclock support, which permits Ledger to read
-timelog files. See the timeclock's documentation for more info on the
+timelog files. See timeclock's documentation for more info on the
syntax of its timelog files.
@end table
@@ -2778,8 +2782,8 @@ primary date with an equals sign:
What this auxiliary date means is entirely up to you. The only use
Ledger has for it is that if you specify @option{--aux-date}, then all
-reports and calculations (including pricing) will use the aux date as if
-it were the primary date.
+reports and calculations (including pricing) will use the auxiliary
+date as if it were the primary date.
@node Codes, Transaction state, Auxiliary dates, Transactions
@section Codes
@@ -2802,8 +2806,8 @@ you a place to put those codes:
@findex --pending
A transaction can have a ``state'': cleared, pending, or uncleared.
-The default is uncleared. To mark a transaction cleared, put a *
-before the payee, and after date or code:
+The default is uncleared. To mark a transaction cleared, put an asterisk (*)
+before the payee, after the date or code:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2012-03-10 * KFC
@@ -2821,7 +2825,7 @@ To mark it pending, use a !:
@end smallexample
What these mean is entirely up to you. The @option{--cleared} option
-will limits to reports to only cleared items, while @option{--uncleared}
+limits reports to only cleared items, while @option{--uncleared}
shows both uncleared and pending items, and @option{--pending} shows
only pending items.
@@ -2861,7 +2865,7 @@ You can mark individual postings as cleared or pending, in case one
@section Transaction notes
After the payee, and after at least one tab or two spaces (or a space
-and a tab, which Ledger calls this a ``hard separator''), you may
+and a tab, which Ledger calls a ``hard separator''), you may
introduce a note about the transaction using the @samp{;} character:
@smallexample @c input:validate
@@ -2886,7 +2890,7 @@ with whitespace:
Assets:Cash
@end smallexample
-A transaction note is shared by all its postings. This becomes
+A transaction's note is shared by all its postings. This becomes
significant when querying for metadata (see below). To specify that
a note belongs only to one posting, place it after a hard separator
after the amount, or on its own line preceded by whitespace:
@@ -2915,7 +2919,7 @@ typed metadata with postings and transactions (by which I mean all of
a transaction's postings). This metadata can be queried, displayed,
and used in calculations.
-The are two forms of metadata: tags and tag/value pairs.
+The are two forms of metadata: plain tags, and tag/value pairs.
@menu
* Metadata tags::
@@ -2927,7 +2931,7 @@ The are two forms of metadata: tags and tag/value pairs.
@subsection Metadata tags
To tag an item, put any word not containing whitespace between two
-colons:
+colons inside a comment:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2012-03-10 * KFC
@@ -3125,7 +3129,7 @@ A balance assignment has this form:
@end smallexample
This sets the amount of the second posting to whatever it would need
-to be for the total in Assets:Cash to be $500.00 after the posting.
+to be for the total in @samp{Assets:Cash} to be $500.00 after the posting.
If the resulting amount is not $-20.00 in this case, it is an error.
@node Resetting a balance, Balancing transactions, Balance assignments, Balance verification
@@ -3145,7 +3149,7 @@ Since the second posting is also null, it's value will become the
inverse of whatever amount is generated for the first posting.
This is the only time in ledger when more than one posting's amount
-may be empty---and then only because it's not true empty, it is
+may be empty---and then only because it's not truly empty, it is
indirectly provided by the balance assignment's value.
@node Balancing transactions, , Resetting a balance, Balance verification
@@ -3160,7 +3164,7 @@ As a consequence of all the above, consider the following transaction:
@end smallexample
What this says is: set the amount of the posting to whatever value is
-needed so that Assets:Brokerage contains 10 AAPL. Then, because this
+needed so that @samp{Assets:Brokerage} contains 10 AAPL. Then, because this
posting must balance, ensure that its value is zero. This can only be
true if Assets:Brokerage does indeed contain 10 AAPL at that point in
the input file.
@@ -3173,7 +3177,7 @@ anyway (unless you use a register report with @option{--empty}).
@section Posting cost
When you transfer a commodity from one account to another, sometimes
-it get transformed during the transaction. This happens when you
+it gets transformed during the transaction. This happens when you
spend money on gas, for example, which transforms dollars into gallons
of gasoline, or dollars into stocks in a company.
@@ -3189,7 +3193,7 @@ example of a stock purchase:
This is different from transferring 10 AAPL shares from one account to
another, in this case you are @emph{exchanging} one commodity for
-another. The resulting posting cost is $50.00 per share.
+another. The resulting posting's cost is $50.00 per share.
@node Explicit posting costs, Posting cost expressions, Posting cost, Transactions
@section Explicit posting costs
@@ -3232,7 +3236,7 @@ Said another way, whenever Ledger sees a posting cost of the form
"AMOUNT @@ AMOUNT", the commodity used in the second amount is marked
``primary''.
-The only meaning a primary commodity has is that @option{--market (-V)}
+The only meaning a primary commodity has is that the @option{--market (-V)}
flag will never convert a primary commodity into any other commodity.
@option{--exchange @var{COMMODITY} (-X)} still will, however.
@@ -3296,7 +3300,7 @@ happening in the case of an exceptional transaction, surround the
@section Commodity prices
@findex --lot-prices
-When a transaction occurs that exchange one commodity for another,
+When a transaction occurs that exchanges one commodity for another,
Ledger records that commodity price not only within its internal price
database, but also attached to the commodity itself. Usually this fact
remains invisible to the user, unless you turn on @option{--lot-prices}
@@ -3310,7 +3314,7 @@ For example, consider the stock sale given above:
Assets:Brokerage:Cash
@end smallexample
-The commodity transferred into Assets:Brokerage is not actually 10
+The commodity transferred into @samp{Assets:Brokerage} is not actually 10
AAPL, but rather 10 AAPL @{$5.00@}. The figure in braces after the
amount is called the ``lot price''. It's Ledger's way of remembering
that this commodity was transferred through an exchange, and that
@@ -3373,11 +3377,11 @@ but is not required to be used with them:
It should be noted that this is a convenience only for cases where you
buy and sell whole lots. The @{@{$500.00@}@} is @emph{not} an
-attribute of commodity, whereas @{$5.00@} is. In fact, when you write
+attribute of the commodity, whereas @{$5.00@} is. In fact, when you write
@{@{$500.00@}@}, Ledger just divides that value by 10 and sees
@{$50.00@}. So if you use the print command to look at this
-transaction, you'll see the single form in the output. The double
-price form is a shorthand only.
+transaction, you'll see the single braces form in the output.
+The double braces price form is a shorthand only.
Plus, it comes with dangers. This works fine:
@@ -3416,7 +3420,7 @@ But this does not do what you might expect:
Income:Capital Gains $-125.00
@end smallexample
-And in cases where the amounts do not divide into whole figure and
+And in cases where the amounts do not divide into whole figures and
must be rounded, the capital gains figure could be off by a cent. Use
with caution.
@@ -3508,7 +3512,7 @@ indicate a virtual cost:
Income:Capital Gains $-125.00
@end smallexample
-You can any combination of lot prices, dates or notes, in any order.
+You can specify any combination of lot prices, dates or notes, in any order.
They are all optional.
To show all lot information in a report, use @option{--lots}.
@@ -3526,7 +3530,7 @@ However, you can override this valuation logic by providing
a commodity valuation expression in doubled parentheses. This
expression must result in one of two values: either an amount to
always be used as the per-share price for that commodity; or
-a function taking three argument which is called to determine that
+a function taking three arguments, which is called to determine that
price.
If you use the functional form, you can either specify a function
@@ -3581,8 +3585,8 @@ indicate what is being desired.
@end itemize
In most cases, it is simplest to either use explicit amounts in your
-valuation expressions, or just pass the arguments down to market after
-modifying them to suit your needs.
+valuation expressions, or just pass the arguments down to @samp{market}
+after modifying them to suit your needs.
@node Automated Transactions, , Lot value expressions, Transactions
@section Automated Transactions
@@ -3700,9 +3704,10 @@ This becomes:
@node Referring to the matching posting's account, Applying metadata to every matched posting, Accessing the matching posting's amount, Automated Transactions
@subsection Referring to the matching posting's account
-Sometimes want to refer to the account that matched in some way within
-the automated transaction itself. This is done by using the string
-$account, anywhere within the account part of the automated posting:
+Sometimes you want to refer to the account that was matched
+in some way within the automated transaction itself. This is
+done by using the string @samp{$account}, anywhere within the
+account part of the automated posting:
@smallexample @c input:validate
= food
@@ -3793,7 +3798,7 @@ the generated posting.
@cindex effective dates
@findex --effective
-In the real world transactions do not take place instantaneously.
+In the real world, transactions do not take place instantaneously.
Purchases can take several days to post to a bank account. And you may
pay ahead for something for which you want to distribute costs. With
Ledger you can control every aspect of the timing of a transaction.
@@ -3862,12 +3867,12 @@ pick up from the co-op, even though you've already paid for them.
Assets:Checking
@end smallexample
-This entry accomplishes this. Every month until you'll start with an
+This entry accomplishes this. Every month you'll see an
automatic $37.50 deficit like you should, while your checking account
really knows that it debited $225 this month.
-And using @option{--effective} option, initial date will be overridden
-by effective dates.
+And using the @option{--effective} option, the initial date will be overridden
+by the effective dates.
@smallexample @c command:6453542
$ ledger --effective register Groceries
@@ -3905,7 +3910,7 @@ automated posting at the top of your ledger file:
@smallexample @c input:C371854
; This automated transaction will compute Huqúqu'lláh based on this
-; journal's postings. Any that match will affect the
+; journal's postings. Any accounts that match will affect the
; Liabilities:Huququ'llah account by 19% of the value of that posting.
= /^(?:Income:|Expenses:(?:Business|Rent$|Furnishings|Taxes|Insurance))/
@@ -3951,14 +3956,14 @@ $ ledger balance Liabilities:Huquq
$-95 Liabilities:Huququ'llah
@end smallexample
-This works fine, but omits one aspect of the law: that Huquq is only
+This works fine, but omits one aspect of the law: that Huqúq is only
due once the liability exceeds the value of 19 mithqáls of gold (which
is roughly 2.22 ounces). So what we want is for the liability to
appear in the balance report only when it exceeds the present day
value of 2.22 ounces of gold. This can be accomplished using the
command:
-@c TODO: fix this
+@c TODO: fix this, it doesn't work any longer
@smallexample
$ ledger -Q -t "/Liab.*Huquq/?(a/P@{2.22 AU@}<=@{-1.0@}&a):a" bal liab
@end smallexample
@@ -3968,7 +3973,7 @@ Huqúqu'lláh is reported only if its value exceeds that of 2.22 ounces
of gold. If you wish the liability to be reflected in the parent
subtotal either way, use this instead:
-@c TODO: fix this
+@c TODO: fix this, it doesn't work any longer
@smallexample
$ ledger -Q -T "/Liab.*Huquq/?(O/P@{2.22 AU@}<=@{-1.0@}&O):O" bal liab
@end smallexample
@@ -4052,9 +4057,9 @@ which will print the balances of every account in your journal.
$ -243.60
@end smallexample
-Most times this is more than you want. Limiting the results to
+Most times, this is more than you want. Limiting the results to
specific accounts is as easy as entering the names of the accounts
-after the command.
+after the command:
@smallexample @c command:06B2AD4
$ ledger balance -f drewr3.dat Auto MasterCard
@@ -4068,7 +4073,7 @@ $ ledger balance -f drewr3.dat Auto MasterCard
@end smallexample
@noindent
-note the implicit logical or between @samp{Auto} and
+Note the implicit logical or between @samp{Auto} and
@samp{Mastercard}.
If you want the entire contents of a branch of your account tree, use
@@ -4086,7 +4091,7 @@ $ ledger balance -f drewr3.dat Income
$ -2,030.00
@end smallexample
-You can use general regular expressions in nearly anyplace Ledger
+You can use general regular expressions in nearly any place Ledger
needs a string:
@smallexample @c command:EAE389F
@@ -4106,7 +4111,7 @@ $ ledger balance -f drewr3.dat Bo
$ 20.00 Expenses:Books
@end smallexample
-This second example looks for any account with @samp{Bo}, which is
+This second example looks for any account containing @samp{Bo}, which is
@samp{Expenses:Books}.
@cindex limit by payees
@@ -4152,7 +4157,7 @@ October, sorted by total:
@c TODO: does not validate with @c command:validate, because "last oct" is split at the space
@smallexample
-$ ledger -b "last oct" -f sample.dat -S T bal ^expenses
+$ ledger -b "last oct" -S T bal ^expenses
@end smallexample
From left to right the options mean: Show transactions since last
@@ -4201,7 +4206,7 @@ account'' postings; display only related postings whose
account matches @samp{mastercard}, and base the calculation on
postings matching @samp{^expenses}.
-This works just as well for report the overall total, too:
+This works just as well for reporting the overall total, too:
@smallexample @c command:validate
$ ledger -s -r --display "account=~/mastercard/" reg ^expenses
@@ -4230,11 +4235,11 @@ allocation in ledger is not difficult but does require some additional
effort to describe how the various assets you own contribute to the
asset classes you want to track.
-In our simple example we assume you want to apportion you assets into
+In our simple example we assume you want to apportion your assets into
the general categories of domestic and international equities (stocks)
-and a combined category of bonds and cash. For illustrative purposes
+and a combined category of bonds and cash. For illustrative purposes,
we will use several publicly available mutual funds from Vanguard.
-the three funds we will track are the Vanguard 500 IDX FD Signal
+The three funds we will track are the Vanguard 500 IDX FD Signal
(VIFSX), the Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 (VTHRX), and the Vanguard
Short Term Federal Fund (VSGBX). Each of these funds allocates assets
to different categories of the investment universe and in different
@@ -4329,7 +4334,7 @@ tree, using a special formatter.
The magic is in the formatter. The second line simply tells Ledger to
print the partial account name indented by its depth in the tree. The
third line is where we calculate and display the percentages. The
-@code{display_total} command give the values of the total calculated
+@code{display_total} command gives the values of the total calculated
for the account in this line. The @code{parent.total} command gives
the total for the next level up in the tree. @code{percent} formats
their ratio as a percentage. The fourth line tells ledger to display
@@ -4346,7 +4351,7 @@ nothing.
@findex --limit @var{EXPR}
@findex --display @var{EXPR}
-If you have ``Gnuplot'' program installed, you can graph any of the
+If you have the ``Gnuplot'' program installed, you can graph any of the
above register reports. The script to do this is included in the ledger
distribution, and is named @file{contrib/report}. Install @file{report}
anywhere along your @env{PATH}, and then use @file{report} instead of
@@ -4385,11 +4390,11 @@ report -J -l "Ua>=@{\$0.01@}" -d "d>=[last feb]" reg ^assets ^liab
The last report uses both a calculation predicate @option{--limit
@var{EXPR} (-l)} and a display predicate @option{--display @var{EXPR}
-(-d)}. The calculation predicates limits the report to postings whose
-amount is greater than $1 (which can only happen if the posting amount
+(-d)}. The calculation predicate limits the report to postings whose
+amount is greater than or equal to $1 (which can only happen if the posting amount
is in dollars). The display predicate limits the transactions
-@emph{displayed} to just those since last February, even those
-transactions from before then will be computed as part of the balance.
+@emph{displayed} to just those since last February, even though those
+transactions from before will be computed as part of the balance.
@node Reporting Commands, Command-line Syntax, Building Reports, Top
@chapter Reporting Commands
@@ -4424,7 +4429,7 @@ separately.
@subsection The @command{equity} command
@findex equity
-The @command{equity} command prints out accounts balances as if they
+The @command{equity} command prints out account balances as if they
were transactions. This makes it easy to establish the starting
balances for an account, such as when @ref{Archiving Previous Years}.
@@ -4438,7 +4443,7 @@ The @command{register} command displays all the postings occurring
in a single account, line by line. The account regex must be
specified as the only argument to this command. If any regexes occur
after the required account name, the register will contain only those
-postings that match. Very useful for hunting down a particular
+postings that match, which makes it very useful for hunting down a particular
posting.
The output from @command{register} is very close to what a typical
@@ -4450,7 +4455,7 @@ If you have ``Gnuplot'' installed, you may plot the amount or running
total of any register by using the script @file{report}, which is
included in the Ledger distribution. The only requirement is that you
add either @option{--amount-data (-j)} or @option{--total-data (-J)} to
-your register command, in order to plot either the amount or total
+your @command{register} command, in order to plot either the amount or total
column, respectively.
@node The @command{print} command, , The @command{register} command, Primary Financial Reports
@@ -4491,8 +4496,8 @@ file whose formatting has gotten out of hand.
@subsubsection The @command{csv} command
@findex csv
-The @command{csv} command will output print out the desired ledger
-transactions in a csv format suitable for import into other programs.
+The @command{csv} command prints the desired ledger
+transactions in a csv format suitable for importing into other programs.
You can specify the transactions to print using all the normal
limiting and searching functions.
@@ -4504,12 +4509,12 @@ limiting and searching functions.
@findex --input-date-format @var{DATE_FORMAT}
The @command{convert} command parses a comma separated value (csv) file
-and outputs Ledger transactions. Many banks offer csv file downloads.
-Unfortunately, the file formats, aside the from commas, are all
+and prints Ledger transactions. Many banks offer csv file downloads.
+Unfortunately, the file formats, aside from the commas, are all
different. The ledger @command{convert} command tries to help as much
as it can.
-Your banks csv files will have fields in different orders from other
+Your bank's csv files will have fields in different orders from other
banks, so there must be a way to tell Ledger what to expect. Insert
a line at the beginning of the csv file that describes the fields to
Ledger.
@@ -4552,7 +4557,7 @@ $ ledger convert download.csv --input-date-format "%m/%d/%Y"
Where the @option{--input-date-format @var{DATE_FORMAT}} option tells
ledger how to interpret the dates.
-Importing csv files is a lot of work, and but is very amenable to
+Importing csv files is a lot of work, but is very amenable to
scripting.
If there are columns in the bank data you would like to keep in your
@@ -4573,14 +4578,14 @@ is from the file above.
@findex --account @var{STR}
@findex --rich-data
-The @command{convert} command accepts three options, the most important
+The @command{convert} command accepts three options. The most important
ones are @option{--invert} which inverts the amount field, and
@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,
+switch, additional metadata is stored 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 environment variable @env{LEDGER_FILE}) this entry will not be
+via the environment variable @env{LEDGER_FILE}) this entry will not be
printed again.
You can also use @command{convert} with @code{payee} and @code{account}
@@ -4607,7 +4612,7 @@ used.
@findex lisp
@findex emacs
-The @command{lisp} command outputs results in a form that can be read
+The @command{lisp} command prints results in a form that can be read
directly by Emacs Lisp. The format of the @code{sexp} is:
@smallexample
@@ -4638,7 +4643,7 @@ commands also appear in the text file. The output can be updated
whenever any new ledger entries are added.
For instance, the following Org mode text document snippet illustrates
-a very naive but still useful of the Babel system:
+a very naive but still useful application of the Babel system:
@smallexample
* A simple test of ledger in an org file
@@ -4684,7 +4689,7 @@ Using Babel, it is possible to record financial transactions
conveniently in an org file and subsequently generate the financial
reports required.
-As of Org-mode 7.01, Ledger support is provided. Check the Babel
+As of Org mode 7.01, Ledger support is provided. Check the Babel
documentation on Worg for instructions on how to achieve this but
I currently do this directly as follows:
@@ -4695,7 +4700,7 @@ I currently do this directly as follows:
))
@end smallexample
-Once Ledger support in Babel has been enabled, we can use proceed to
+Once Ledger support in Babel has been enabled, we can proceed to
include Ledger entries within an org file. There are three ways (at
least) in which these can be included:
@@ -4733,7 +4738,7 @@ The first two are described in more detail in this short tutorial.
@node Embedded Ledger example with single source block, Multiple Ledger source blocks with @code{noweb}, Org mode with Babel, Org mode with Babel
@subsubsection Embedded Ledger example with single source block
-The easiest, albeit possibly less useful, way in which to use Ledger
+The easiest, albeit possibly least useful, way in which to use Ledger
within an org file is to use a single source block to record all Ledger
entries. The following is an example source block:
@@ -4972,10 +4977,10 @@ the running total of the assets in our ledger.
@node Summary, , Generating a monthly register, Org mode with Babel
@subsubsection Summary
-This short tutorial shows how Ledger entries can be embedded in a org
+This short tutorial shows how Ledger entries can be embedded in an org
file and manipulated using Babel. However, only simple Ledger features
have been illustrated; please refer to the Ledger documentation for
-examples of more complex operations with a ledger.
+examples of more complex operations on a ledger.
@node The @command{pricemap} command, The @command{xml} command, Org mode with Babel, Reports in other Formats
@subsection The @command{pricemap} command
@@ -4987,7 +4992,7 @@ commodities. The output file is in the ``dot'' format.
This is probably not very interesting, unless you have many different
commodities valued in terms of each other. For example, multiple
-currencies and multiples investments valued in those currencies.
+currencies and multiple investments valued in those currencies.
@node The @command{xml} command, @command{prices} and @command{pricedb} commands, The @command{pricemap} command, Reports in other Formats
@subsection The @command{xml} command
@@ -5010,7 +5015,7 @@ The general format used for Ledger data is:
@end smallexample
The data stream is enclosed in a @code{ledger} tag, which contains a
-series of one or more transactions. Each @code{xact} describes the
+series of one or more transactions. Each @code{xact} describes one
transaction and contains a series of one or more postings:
@smallexample
@@ -5055,7 +5060,7 @@ Within the @code{en:postings} tag is a series of one or more
</posting>
@end smallexample
-This is a basic posting. It may also be begin with
+This is a basic posting. It may also begin with
@code{tr:virtual} and/or @code{tr:generated} tags, to indicate virtual
and auto-generated postings. Then follows the @code{tr:account}
tag, which contains the full name of the account the posting is
@@ -5157,7 +5162,7 @@ report, to display the running average price, or @option{--deviation
(-D)} to show each price's deviation from that average.
There is also a @command{pricedb} command which outputs the same
-information as @command{prices}, but does in a format that can be
+information as @command{prices}, but does so in a format that can be
parsed by Ledger. This is useful for generating and tidying up
pricedb database files.
@@ -5179,7 +5184,7 @@ pricedb database files.
@subsection @command{accounts}
@findex accounts
-The @command{accounts} reports all of the accounts in the journal.
+The @command{accounts} command reports all of the accounts in the journal.
Following the command with a regular expression will limit the output to
accounts matching the regex. The output is sorted by name. Using the
@option{--count} option will tell you how many entries use each account.
@@ -5188,9 +5193,9 @@ accounts matching the regex. The output is sorted by name. Using the
@subsection @command{payees}
@findex payees
-The @command{payees} reports all of the unique payees in the journal.
+The @command{payees} command reports all of the unique payees in the journal.
Using the @option{--count} option will tell you how many entries use
-each payee. To filter the payees displayed you must use the prefix:
+each payee. To filter the payees displayed you must use the prefix @@:
@smallexample
$ ledger payees @@Nic
@@ -5213,7 +5218,7 @@ you how many entries use each commodity.
@findex tags
@findex --values
-The @command{tags} reports all of the tags in the journal. The output
+The @command{tags} command reports all of the tags in the journal. The output
is sorted by name. Using the @option{--count} option will tell you how
many entries use each tag. Using the @option{--values} option will
report the values used by each tag.
@@ -5303,7 +5308,7 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@section Basic Usage
This chapter describes Ledger's features and options. You may wish to
-survey this to get an overview before diving in to the @ref{Ledger
+survey this to get an overview before diving into the @ref{Ledger
Tutorial} and more detailed examples that follow.
Ledger has a very simple command-line interface, named---enticingly
@@ -5374,14 +5379,14 @@ Show all transactions with running total.
Show transactions in csv format, for exporting to other programs.
@item print
-Print transaction in a ledger readable format.
+Print transactions in a format readable by ledger.
@item xml
Produce XML output of the register command.
@item lisp
@itemx emacs
-Produce Emacs lisp output.
+Produce s-expression output, suitable for Emacs.
@item equity
Print account balances as transactions.
@@ -5390,7 +5395,7 @@ Print account balances as transactions.
Print price history for matching commodities.
@item pricedb
-Print price history for matching commodities in ledger readable format.
+Print price history for matching commodities in a format readable by ledger.
@item xact
Generate transactions based on previous postings.
@@ -5420,7 +5425,7 @@ Redirect output to @file{FILE}.
@item --init-file @var{FILE}
@itemx -i @var{FILE}
-Specify options file.
+Specify an options file.
@item --account @var{STR}
@itemx -a @var{STR}
@@ -5435,22 +5440,22 @@ Specify default account @var{STR} for QIF file postings.
@item --current
@itemx -c
-Display transaction on or before the current date.
+Display only transactions on or before the current date.
@item --begin @var{DATE}
@itemx -b @var{DATE}
-Begin reports on or after @var{DATE}.
+Limit the processing to transactions on or after @var{DATE}.
@item --end @var{DATE}
@itemx -e @var{DATE}
-Limit end date of transactions for report.
+Limit the processing to transactions before @var{DATE}.
@item --period @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
@itemx -p @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
-Set report period to @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}.
+Limit the processing to transactions in @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}.
@item --period-sort @var{VEXPR}
-Sort postings within each period.
+Sort postings within each period according to @var{VEXPR}.
@item --cleared
@itemx -C
@@ -5469,7 +5474,7 @@ Display only real postings.
@item --actual
@itemx -L
-Display only actual postings, not automated.
+Display only actual postings, not automated ones.
@item --related
@itemx -r
@@ -5479,17 +5484,17 @@ Display related postings.
Display how close your postings meet your budget.
@item --add-budget
-Show un-budgeted postings.
+Show unbudgeted postings.
@item --unbudgeted
-Show only un-budgeted postings.
+Show only unbudgeted postings.
@item --forecast @var{VEXPR}
Project balances into the future.
@item --limit @var{EXPR}
@itemx -l @var{EXPR}
-Limit postings in calculations.
+Limit which postings are used in calculations by @var{EXPR}.
@item --amount @var{EXPR}
@itemx -t @var{EXPR}
@@ -5516,7 +5521,8 @@ Accounts, tags or commodities not previously declared will cause errors.
@item --check-payees
Enable strict and pedantic checking for payees as well as accounts,
-commodities and tags.
+commodities and tags. This only works in conjunction with
+@option{--strict} or @option{--pedantic}.
@item --immediate
Instruct ledger to evaluate calculations immediately rather than lazily.
@@ -5542,18 +5548,21 @@ Report subtotals by payee.
@item --empty
@itemx -E
-Include empty accounts in report.
+Include empty accounts in the report.
@item --weekly
@itemx -W
Report posting totals by week.
+@item --quarterly
+Report posting totals by quarter.
+
@item --yearly
@itemx -Y
Report posting totals by year.
@item --dow
-Report Posting totals by day of week.
+Report posting totals by day of week.
@item --sort @var{VEXPR}
@itemx -S @var{VEXPR}
@@ -5574,11 +5583,11 @@ Direct output to @var{FILE} pager program.
@item --average
@itemx -A
-Report average posting value.
+Report the average posting value.
@item --deviation
@itemx -D
-Report each posting deviation from the average.
+Report each posting's deviation from the average.
@item --percent
@itemx -%
@@ -5591,21 +5600,21 @@ Produce a pivot table of the @var{TAG} type specified.
@item --amount-data
@itemx -j
-Show only date and value column to format the output for plots.
+Show only the date and value columns to format the output for plots.
@item --plot-amount-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
Specify the format for the plot output.
@item --total-data
@itemx -J
-Show only dates and totals to format the output for plots.
+Show only the date and total columns to format the output for plots.
@item --plot-total-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
Specify the format for the plot output.
@item --display @var{EXPR}
@itemx -d @var{EXPR}
-Display only posting that meet the criteria in the @var{EXPR}.
+Display only postings that meet the criteria in the @var{EXPR}.
@item --date-format @var{DATE_FORMAT}
@itemx -y @var{DATE_FORMAT}
@@ -5616,11 +5625,7 @@ Change the basic date format used in reports.
@itemx --register-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
@itemx --prices-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
@itemx -F @var{FORMAT_STRING}
-Set reporting format.
-
-@item --wide
-@itemx -w
-Wide.
+Set the reporting format for various reports.
@item --anon
Print the ledger register with anonymized accounts and payees, useful
@@ -5661,7 +5666,7 @@ Group by day of weeks.
@item --subtotal
@itemx -s
-Group posting together, similar to balance report.
+Group postings together, similar to the balance report.
@end ftable
@@ -5679,10 +5684,10 @@ Set expected freshness of prices in @var{INT} minutes.
@item --download
@itemx -Q
-Download quotes using named @file{getquote}.
+Download quotes using the script named @file{getquote}.
@item --getquote @var{FILE}
-Sets path to a user defined script to download commodity prices.
+Sets the path to a user-defined script to download commodity prices.
@item --quantity
@itemx -O
@@ -5719,7 +5724,7 @@ Report net gain or loss for commodities that have a price history.
@node Global Options, Session Options, Detailed Option Description, Detailed Option Description
@subsection Global Options
-Options for Ledger report affect three separate scopes of operation:
+Options for Ledger reports affect three separate scopes of operation:
Global, Session, and Report. In practice there is very little
difference between these scopes. Ledger 3.0 contains provisions for
GUIs, which would make use of the different scopes by keeping an
@@ -5730,8 +5735,8 @@ sessions with multiple reports per session.
@item --args-only
Ignore all environment and init-file settings and
-use only command-line arguments to control Ledger. Useful for debugs
-or testing small Journal files not associated with you main financial
+use only command-line arguments to control Ledger. Useful for debugging
+or testing small journal files not associated with your main financial
database.
@item --debug @var{CODE}
@@ -5739,7 +5744,7 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@item --help
@itemx -h
-Display the info page for ledger.
+Display the man page for ledger.
@item --init-file @var{FILE}
Specify the location of the init file. The default is @file{~/.ledgerrc}.
@@ -5779,7 +5784,7 @@ $ ledger --options bal --cleared -f ~/ledger/test/input/drewr3.dat
@noindent
For the source column, a value starting with a @samp{-} or @samp{--}
-indicated the source was a command line argument. It the entry starts
+indicated the source was a command line argument. If the entry starts
with a @samp{$}, the source was an environment variable. If the source
is @code{?normalize} the value was set internally by ledger, in
a function called @code{normalize_options}.
@@ -5808,7 +5813,7 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@node Session Options, Report Options, Global Options, Detailed Option Description
@subsection Session Options
-Options for Ledger report affect three separate scopes of operation:
+Options for Ledger reports affect three separate scopes of operation:
Global, Session, and Report. In practice there is very little
difference between these scopes. Ledger 3.0 contains provisions for
GUIs, which would make use of the different scopes by keeping an
@@ -5828,11 +5833,11 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@item --decimal-comma
Direct Ledger to parse journals using the European standard comma as
-decimal separator, vice a period.
+a decimal separator, not the usual period.
@item --download
@itemx -Q
-Direct Ledger to download prices using the script defined in
+Direct Ledger to download prices using the script defined via the option
@option{--getquote @var{FILE}}.
@item --explicit
@@ -5910,10 +5915,10 @@ considered to be fresh enough.
@item --strict
Ledger normally silently accepts any account or commodity in a posting,
-even if you have misspelled a common used one. The option
-@option{--strict} changes that behavior. While running
+even if you have misspelled a commonly used one. The option
+@option{--strict} changes that behavior. While running with
@option{--strict}, Ledger interprets all cleared transactions as
-correct, and if it finds a new account or commodity (same as
+correct, and if it encounters a new account or commodity (same as
a misspelled commodity or account) it will issue a warning giving you
the file and line number of the problem.
@@ -5937,7 +5942,7 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@node Report Options, Basic options, Session Options, Detailed Option Description
@subsection Report Options
-Options for Ledger report affect three separate scopes of operation:
+Options for Ledger reports affect three separate scopes of operation:
Global, Session, and Report. In practice there is very little
difference between these scopes. Ledger 3.0 contains provisions for
GUIs, which would make use of the different scopes by keeping an
@@ -5965,11 +5970,11 @@ to @var{INT} characters.
@item --actual
@itemx -L
-Report only real transactions, with no automated or virtual
-transactions used.
+Report only real transactions, ignoring all automated or virtual
+transactions.
@item --add-budget
-Show only un-budgeted postings.
+Show only unbudgeted postings.
@item --amount @var{EXPR}
@itemx -t @var{EXPR}
@@ -5979,7 +5984,7 @@ arbitrary transformation to the postings.
@item --amount-data
@itemx -j
-On a register report print only the dates and amount of postings.
+On a register report print only the date and amount of postings.
Useful for graphing and spreadsheet applications.
@item --amount-width @var{INT}
@@ -6034,12 +6039,12 @@ $ ledger reg Expenses --begin Dec --bold-if "amount>100"
@end smallexample
@noindent
-list all transactions since the beginning of December and bold any
-posting greater than $100.
+list all transactions since the beginning of December and print in
+bold any posting greater than $100.
@item --budget
Only display budgeted items. In a register report this
-displays transaction in the budget, in a balance report this displays
+displays transactions in the budget, in a balance report this displays
accounts in the budget (@pxref{Budgeting and Forecasting}).
@item --budget-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
@@ -6060,7 +6065,7 @@ Group the register report by payee.
@item --cleared
@itemx -C
-Consider only transaction that have been cleared for display and
+Consider only transactions that have been cleared for display and
calculation.
@item --cleared-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
@@ -6097,7 +6102,7 @@ Specify the width of the @command{register} report in characters.
@item --count
Direct ledger to report the number of items when appended to the
-commodities, accounts or payees command.
+@command{commodities}, @command{accounts} or @command{payees} command.
@item --csv-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
Specify the format to use for the @command{csv} report (@pxref{Format
@@ -6126,8 +6131,8 @@ Transform the date of the transaction using @var{EXPR}.
@item --date-format @var{DATE_FORMAT}
@itemx -y @var{DATE_FORMAT}
-Specify the format ledger should use to print dates (@pxref{Date and Time
-Format Codes}).
+Specify the format ledger should use to read and print dates
+(@pxref{Date and Time Format Codes}).
@item --date-width @var{INT}
Specify the width, in characters, of the date column in the
@@ -6138,8 +6143,9 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c ASK JOHN
@item --dc
Display register or balance in debit/credit format If you use
-@option{--dc} with either the register (reg) or balance (bal) commands,
-you will now get extra columns. The register goes from this:
+@option{--dc} with either the @command{register} (reg) or
+@command{balance} (bal) commands, you will now get extra columns.
+The register goes from this:
@smallexample
12-Mar-10 Employer Assets:Cash $100 $100
@@ -6196,9 +6202,9 @@ And with @option{--dc} it becomes this:
@item --depth @var{INT}
Limit the depth of the account tree. In a balance report, for example,
-a @samp{--depth 2} statement will print balances only for account with
+a @samp{--depth 2} statement will print balances only for accounts with
two levels, i.e. @samp{Expenses:Entertainment} but not
-@samp{Expenses:entertainemnt:Dining}. This is a display predicate, which
+@samp{Expenses:Entertainment:Dining}. This is a display predicate, which
means it only affects display, not the total calculations.
@item --deviation
@@ -6206,19 +6212,19 @@ Report each posting’s deviation from the average. It is only meaningful
in the register and prices reports.
@item --display @var{EXPR}
-Display lines that satisfy the expression @var{EXPR}.
+Display only lines that satisfy the expression @var{EXPR}.
@item --display-amount @var{EXPR}
-Apply a transformation to the @emph{displayed} amount. This occurs after
+Apply a transformation to the @emph{displayed} amount. This happens after
calculations occur.
@item --display-total @var{EXPR}
-Apply a transformation to the @emph{displayed} total. This occurs after
+Apply a transformation to the @emph{displayed} total. This happens after
calculations occur.
@item --dow
@itemx --days-of-week
-Group transactions by the days of the week.
+Group transactions by the day of the week.
@smallexample @c command:validate
$ ledger reg Expenses --dow --collapse
@@ -6229,11 +6235,11 @@ Will print all Expenses totaled for each day of the week.
@item --empty
@itemx -E
-Include empty accounts in the report.
+Include empty accounts in the report and in average calculations.
@item --end @var{DATE}
Specify the end @var{DATE} for a transaction to be considered in the
-report.
+report. All transactions on or after this date are ignored.
@item --equity
Related to the @command{equity} command (@pxref{The @command{equity}
@@ -6281,13 +6287,13 @@ transactions) in the report, in cases where you normally wouldn't want
them.
@item --group-by @var{EXPR}
-Group transaction together in the @command{register} report.
+Group transactions together in the @command{register} report.
@var{EXPR} can be anything, although most common would be @code{payee}
or @code{commodity}. The @code{tags()} function is also useful here.
@item --group-title-format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
-Set the format for the headers that separate reports section of
-a grouped report. Only has effect with a @option{--group-by @var{EXPR}}
+Set the format for the headers that separates the report sections of
+a grouped report. Only has an effect with a @option{--group-by @var{EXPR}}
register report.
@smallexample
@@ -6316,9 +6322,9 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@item --inject
-Use @code{Expected} amounts in calculations. In the case that you know
-that amount a transaction should be, but the actual transaction has the
-wrong value you can use metadata to put in the expected amount:
+Use @code{Expected} amounts in calculations. In case you know
+what amount a transaction should be, but the actual transaction has the
+wrong value you can use metadata to specify the expected amount:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2012-03-12 Paycheck
@@ -6334,8 +6340,8 @@ Change the sign of all reported values.
@item --limit @var{EXPR}
@itemx -l @var{EXPR}
-Only transactions that satisfy the expression will be considered in the
-calculation.
+Only transactions that satisfy @var{EXPR} are considered in
+calculations and for display.
@item --lot-dates
Report the date on which each commodity in a balance report was
@@ -6380,7 +6386,7 @@ Suppress any color TTY output.
@item --no-rounding
Don't output @samp{<Rounding>} postings. Note that this will cause the
-running total to often not add up! It's main use is for
+running total to often not add up! Its main use is for
@option{--amount-data (-j)} and @option{--total-data (-J)} reports.
@item --no-titles
@@ -6390,7 +6396,7 @@ Suppress the output of group titles.
Suppress printing the final total line in a balance report.
@item --now @var{DATE}
-Define the current date in case to you to do calculate in the past or
+Define the current date in case you want to calculate in the past or
future using @option{--current}.
@item --only @var{FIXME}
@@ -6417,15 +6423,15 @@ Use only postings that are marked pending.
@item --percent
@itemx -%
-Calculate the percentage value of each account in a balance reports.
-Only works for account that have a single commodity.
+Calculate the percentage value of each account in balance reports.
+Only works for accounts that have a single commodity.
@item --period @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
Define a period expression that sets the time period during which
transactions are to be accounted. For a @command{register} report only
the transactions that satisfy the period expression with be displayed.
-For a balance report only those transactions will be accounted in the
-final balances.
+For a @command{balance} report only those transactions will be accounted
+in the final balances.
@item --pivot @var{TAG}
Produce a balance pivot report @emph{around} the given @var{TAG}. For
@@ -6486,7 +6492,7 @@ Synonym for @samp{--period "quarterly"}.
@item --raw
In the @command{print} report, show transactions using the exact same syntax as
specified by the user in their data file. Don't do any massaging or
-interpreting. Can be useful for minor cleanups, like just aligning
+interpreting. This can be useful for minor cleanups, like just aligning
amounts.
@item --real
@@ -6498,7 +6504,7 @@ transactions.
Define the output format for the @command{register} report.
@item --related
-In a register report show the related account. This is the other
+In a @command{register} report show the related account. This is the other
@emph{side} of the transaction.
@item --related-all
@@ -6524,14 +6530,14 @@ development testing.
@item --sort @var{VEXPR}
@itemx -S @var{VEXPR}
-Sort the register report based on the value expression given to sort.
+Sort the @command{register} report based on the value expression given to sort.
@item --sort-all @var{FIXME}
FIX THIS ENTRY
@item --sort-xacts @var{VEXPR}
@itemx --period-sort @var{VEXPR}
-Sort the posting within transactions using the given value expression.
+Sort the postings within transactions using the given value expression.
@item --start-of-week @var{INT}
Tell ledger to use a particular day of the week to start its ``weekly''
@@ -6544,7 +6550,7 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY
@item --tail @var{INT}
@itemx --last @var{INT}
-Report only the last @var{INT} entries. Only useful on a register
+Report only the last @var{INT} entries. Only useful in a @command{register}
report.
@item --time-report
@@ -6569,7 +6575,7 @@ as it considers sub-names within the account name (that style is
called ``abbreviate'').
@item --unbudgeted
-Show only un-budgeted postings.
+Show only unbudgeted postings.
@item --uncleared
@itemx -U
@@ -6600,8 +6606,8 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
Synonym for @samp{--period "weekly"}.
@item --wide
-Let the register report use 132 columns. Identical to @samp{--columns
-"132"}.
+Let the register report use 132 columns instead of 80 (the default).
+Identical to @samp{--columns "132"}.
@item --yearly
@itemx -Y
@@ -6621,19 +6627,17 @@ variables}), instead of using actual command-line options:
@item --help
@itemx -h
Print a summary of all the options, and what they are used for. This
-can be a handy way to remember which options do what. This help screen
-is also printed if ledger is run without a command.
+can be a handy way to remember which options do what.
@item --version
-@itemx -v
Print the current version of ledger and exits. This is useful for
sending bug reports, to let the author know which version of ledger you
are using.
@item --file @var{FILE}
@itemx -f @var{FILE}
-Read @file{FILE} as a ledger file. @var{FILE} can be @samp{-} that is
-a synonym of @samp{/dev/stdin}. This command may be used multiple
+Read @file{FILE} as a ledger file. @var{FILE} can be @samp{-} which is
+a synonym for @samp{/dev/stdin}. This command may be used multiple
times. Typically, the environment variable @env{LEDGER_FILE} is set,
rather than using this command-line option.
@@ -6647,12 +6651,12 @@ goes to standard output.
Causes @file{FILE} to be read by ledger before any other ledger file.
This file may not contain any postings, but it may contain option
settings. To specify options in the init file, use the same syntax as
-the command-line, but put each option on its own line. Here is an
+on the command-line, but put each option on its own line. Here is an
example init file:
@smallexample
--price-db ~/finance/.pricedb
-
+--wide
; ~/.ledgerrc ends here
@end smallexample
@@ -6689,7 +6693,7 @@ first matching transaction. (Note: This is different from using
@item --end @var{DATE}
@itemx -e @var{DATE}
Constrain the report so that transactions on or after @var{DATE} are
-not considered. The ending date is inclusive.
+not considered.
@item --period @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
@itemx -p @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
@@ -6697,7 +6701,7 @@ Set the reporting period to @var{STR}. This will subtotal all matching
transactions within each period separately, making it easy to see
weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc., posting totals. A period string can
even specify the beginning and end of the report range, using simple
-terms like @samp{last June} or @samp{next month}. For more using period
+terms like @samp{last June} or @samp{next month}. For more details on period
expressions, see @ref{Period Expressions}.
@item --period-sort @var{VEXPR}
@@ -6706,8 +6710,9 @@ expression @var{EXPR}. This is most often useful when reporting
monthly expenses, in order to view the highest expense categories at
the top of each month:
-@smallexample @c input:validate
-$ ledger -M --period-sort -At reg ^Expenses
+@c TODO: the parameter to --period-sort was -At, which doesn't seem to work any longer
+@smallexample @c command:validate
+$ ledger -M --period-sort total reg ^Expenses
@end smallexample
@item --cleared
@@ -6728,8 +6733,8 @@ see @ref{Virtual postings} for more information).
@item --actual
@itemx -L
-Display only actual postings, and not those created due to automated
-postings.
+Display only actual postings, and not those created by automated
+transactions.
@item --related
@itemx -r
@@ -6753,7 +6758,7 @@ And the register command was:
$ ledger -f example.dat -r register food
@end smallexample
-The following would be output, showing the postings related to the
+The following would be printed, showing the postings related to the
posting that matched:
@smallexample @c output:94C5675
@@ -6763,7 +6768,7 @@ posting that matched:
@item --budget
Useful for displaying how close your postings meet your budget.
-@option{--add-budget} also shows un-budgeted postings, while
+@option{--add-budget} also shows unbudgeted postings, while
@option{--unbudgeted} shows only those. @option{--forecast @var{VEXPR}}
is a related option that projects your budget into the future, showing
how it will affect future balances. @xref{Budgeting and Forecasting}.
@@ -6868,22 +6873,22 @@ Report posting totals by month.
@item --yearly
@itemx -Y
-Report posting totals by year. For more complex period, using the
+Report posting totals by year. For more complex periods, use @option{--period}.
@c TODO end this sentence
@item --period @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
Option described above.
@item --dow
-Report postings totals for each day of the week. This is an easy way
+Report posting totals for each day of the week. This is an easy way
to see if weekend spending is more than on weekdays.
@item --sort @var{VEXPR}
@itemx -S @var{VEXPR}
Sort a report by comparing the values determined using the value
-expression @var{VEXPR}. For example, using @samp{-S -UT} in the balance
-report will sort account balances from greatest to least, using the
-absolute value of the total. For more on how to use value expressions,
+expression @var{VEXPR}. For example, using @samp{-S "-abs(total)"} in the
+@command{balance} report will sort account balances from greatest to least,
+using the absolute value of the total. For more on how to use value expressions,
see @ref{Value Expressions}.
@item --pivot @var{TAG}
@@ -6928,7 +6933,7 @@ the parent account.
@item --amount-data
@itemx -j
-Change the @command{register} report so that it outputs nothing but the
+Change the @command{register} report so that it prints nothing but the
date and the value column, and the latter without commodities. This is
only meaningful if the report uses a single commodity. This data can
then be fed to other programs, which could plot the date, analyze it,
@@ -6936,12 +6941,12 @@ etc.
@item --total-data
@itemx -J
-Change the @command{register} report so that it outputs nothing but the
-date and totals column, without commodities.
+Change the @command{register} report so that it prints nothing but the
+date and total columns, without commodities.
@item --display @var{EXPR}
@itemx -d @var{EXPR}
-Limit which postings or accounts or actually displayed in a report.
+Limit which postings or accounts are actually displayed in a report.
They might still be calculated, and be part of the running total of a
register report, for example, but they will not be displayed. This is
useful for seeing last month's checking postings, against a running
@@ -7151,7 +7156,7 @@ There are several different ways that ledger can report the totals it
displays. The most flexible way to adjust them is by using value
expressions, and the @option{--amount @var{EXPR} (-t)} and
@option{--total @var{VEXPR} (-T)} options. However, there are also
-several ``default'' reports, which will satisfy most users basic
+several ``default'' reports, which will satisfy most users' basic
reporting needs:
@ftable @code
@@ -7259,7 +7264,7 @@ specific meta-data:
Assets:Cash
@end smallexample
-This example demonstrates that your VALUE expression should be as
+This example demonstrates that your value expression should be as
symbolic as possible, using terms like 'amount' and 'date', rather than
specific amounts and dates. Also, you should pass the amount along to
the function 'market' so it can be further revalued if the user has
@@ -7270,6 +7275,8 @@ which allows you to report most everything in EUR if you use @samp{-X
EUR}, except for certain accounts or postings which should always be
valuated in another currency. For example:
+@c TODO is this example missing the actual line to get the effect?
+@c it looks like it only contains a match, but no effect
@smallexample @c input:validate
= /^Assets:Brokerage:CAD$/
; Always report the value of commodities in this account in
@@ -7306,13 +7313,13 @@ these values:
@itemize
@item Register Report
-For the register report, use the value of that commodity on the date of
+For the @command{register} report, use the value of that commodity on the date of
the posting being reported, with a @samp{<Revalued>} posting added at
-the end of today's value is different from the value of the last
+the end if today's value is different from the value of the last
posting.
@item Balance Report
-For the balance report, use the value of that commodity as of today.
+For the @command{balance} report, use the value of that commodity as of today.
@end itemize
@@ -7474,7 +7481,7 @@ payee. For example:
These two periodic transactions give the usual monthly expenses, as well
as one typical yearly expense. For help on finding out what your
-average monthly expense is for any category, use a command like:
+average monthly expenses are for any category, use a command like:
@smallexample
$ ledger -p "this year" --monthly --average balance ^expenses
@@ -7498,7 +7505,7 @@ $ ledger --budget --monthly register ^expenses
A budget report includes only those accounts that appear in the budget.
To see all expenses balanced against the budget, use
-@option{--add-budget}. You can even see only the un-budgeted expenses
+@option{--add-budget}. You can even see only the unbudgeted expenses
using @option{--unbudgeted}:
@smallexample @c command:validate
@@ -7521,11 +7528,11 @@ $ ledger --forecast "T>@{\$-500.00@}" register ^assets ^liabilities
@end smallexample
This report continues outputting postings until the running total
-is greater than $-500.00. A final posting is always output, to
-show you what the total afterwards would be.
+is greater than $-500.00. A final posting is always shown, to
+inform you what the total afterwards would be.
-Forecasting can also be used with the balance report, but by date
-only, and not against the running total:
+Forecasting can also be used with the @command{balance} report,
+but by date only, and not against the running total:
@smallexample @c command:validate
$ ledger --forecast "d<[2010]" bal ^assets ^liabilities
@@ -7545,21 +7552,21 @@ o 2013/03/29 03:39:00
This records a check-in to the given ACCOUNT, and a check-out. You can
be checked-in to multiple accounts at a time, if you wish, and they can
span multiple days (use @option{--day-break} to break them up in the
-report). The number of seconds between is accumulated as time to that
-ACCOUNT. If the checkout uses a capital @samp{O}, the transaction is
-marked ``cleared''. You can use an optional PAYEE for whatever meaning
-you like.
+report). The number of seconds between check-in and check-out is accumulated
+as time to that ACCOUNT. If the checkout uses a capital @samp{O}, the
+transaction is marked ``cleared''. You can use an optional PAYEE for
+whatever meaning you like.
Now, there are a few ways to generate this information. You can use
the @file{timeclock.el} package, which is part of Emacs. Or you can
write a simple script in whichever language you prefer to emit similar
information. Or you can use Org mode's time-clocking abilities and
-the org2tc script developed by John Wiegley.
+the @samp{org2tc} script developed by John Wiegley.
These timelog entries can appear in a separate file, or directly in
-your main ledger file. The initial @samp{i} and @samp{o} count as
-Ledger ``directives'', and are accepted anywhere that ordinary
-transactions are.
+your main ledger file. The initial @samp{i} and @samp{o} characters
+count as Ledger ``directives'', and are accepted anywhere that
+ordinary transactions are valid.
@node Value Expressions, Format Strings, Time Keeping, Top
@chapter Value Expressions
@@ -7612,7 +7619,7 @@ while still calculating the running balance based on all transactions:
$ ledger -d "d>[this month]" register checking
@end smallexample
-This advantage to this command's complexity is that it prints the
+The advantage of this command's complexity is that it prints the
running total in terms of all transactions in the register. The
following, simpler command is similar, but totals only the displayed
postings:
@@ -7634,9 +7641,9 @@ $ ledger -b "this month" register checking
@findex --total @var{VEXPR}
Below are the one letter variables available in any value expression.
-For the register and print commands, these variables relate to
-individual postings, and sometimes the account affected by a
-posting. For the balance command, these variables relate to
+For the @command{register} and @command{print} commands, these variables
+relate to individual postings, and sometimes the account affected by a
+posting. For the @command{balance} command, these variables relate to
accounts, often with a subtle difference in meaning. The use of each
variable for both is specified.
@@ -7644,8 +7651,8 @@ variable for both is specified.
@item t
This maps to whatever the user specified with @option{--amount
-@var{EXPR} (-t)}. In a register report, @option{--amount @var{EXPR}
-(-t)} changes the value column; in a balance report, it has no meaning
+@var{EXPR} (-t)}. In a @command{register} report, @option{--amount @var{EXPR}
+(-t)} changes the value column; in a @command{balance} report, it has no meaning
by default. If @option{--amount @var{EXPR} (-t)} was not specified, the
current report style's value expression is used.
@@ -7684,15 +7691,15 @@ The cost of a posting; the cost of an account, without its
children.
@item v
-The market value of a posting, or an account without its children.
+The market value of a posting or an account, without its children.
@item g
The net gain (market value minus cost basis), for a posting or an
-account without its children. It is the same as @samp{v-b}.
+account, without its children. It is the same as @samp{v-b}.
@item l
The depth (``level'') of an account. If an account has one parent,
-it's depth is one.
+its depth is one.
@item n
The index of a posting, or the count of postings affecting an
@@ -7843,10 +7850,10 @@ posting.
@item c/REGEX/
A regular expression that matches against the transaction code (the
-text that occurs between parentheses before the payee name).
+text that occurs between parentheses before the payee).
@item e/REGEX/
-A regular expression that matches against a posting's note, or
+A regular expression that matches against a posting's note or
comment field.
@item (EXPR)
@@ -7855,7 +7862,7 @@ more complicated arguments to functions, or for overriding the natural
precedence order of operators.
@item [DATE]
-Useful specifying a date in plain terms. For example, you could say
+Useful for specifying a date in plain terms. For example, you could say
@samp{[2004/06/01]}.
@end table
@@ -8038,8 +8045,8 @@ format string, exactly like those supported by @code{strftime}. For
example: @samp{%[%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S]}.
@item S
-Insert the pathname of the file from which the transaction's data was
-read. Only sensible in a register report.
+Insert the path name of the file from which the transaction's data was
+read. Only sensible in a @command{register} report.
@item B
Inserts the beginning character position of that transaction within the
@@ -8072,8 +8079,8 @@ This is the same as @samp{%X}, except that it only displays a state
character if all of the member postings have the same state.
@item C
-Inserts the transaction type. This is the value specified between
-parenthesis on the first line of the transaction.
+Inserts the transaction code. This is the value specified between
+parentheses on the first line of the transaction.
@item P
Inserts the payee related to a posting.
@@ -8159,7 +8166,7 @@ options:
@node Colors, Quantities and Calculations, Field Widths, Formatting Functions and Codes
@subsection Colors
-The character based formatting ledger can do is limited to the ANSI
+The character-based formatting ledger can do is limited to the ANSI
terminal character colors and font highlights in a normal TTY session.
@multitable @columnfractions .3 .3 .3
@@ -8300,10 +8307,10 @@ weekday, abbreviated Wed.
weekday, full Wednesday.
@item %d
-day of the month (dd), zero padded 10.
+day of the month (dd), zero padded up to 10.
@item %e
-day of the month (dd) 10.
+day of the month (dd) , no leading zero up to 10.
@item %j
day of year, zero padded 000–366.
@@ -8345,7 +8352,7 @@ Locale’s abbreviated month, for example @samp{02} might be abbreviated
as @samp{Feb}.
@item %B
-Locale’s full month, variable length February.
+Locale’s full month, variable length, e.g. February.
@end table
@@ -8398,7 +8405,7 @@ subsequent lines the width is given by @code{latterwidth}. If
If @code{right_justify=true} then the field is right justify within
the width of the field. If it is @code{false}, then the field is left
justified and padded to the full width of the field. If
-@code{colorize} is true then ledger will honor color settings.
+@code{colorize} is true, then ledger will honor color settings.
@item join(STR)
Replaces line feeds in @code{STR} with @samp{\n}.
@@ -8422,7 +8429,7 @@ generated the posting.
@table @code
@item filename
-name of ledger data file from whence posting came, abbreviated @samp{S}.
+the name of ledger the data file from whence the posting came, abbreviated @samp{S}.
@item beg_pos
character position in @code{filename} where entry for posting begins,
@@ -8463,16 +8470,16 @@ make sense later.
Every interaction with Ledger happens in the context of a Session.
Even if you don't create a session manually, one is created for you by
the top-level interface functions. The Session is where objects live
-like the Commodity's that Amount's refer to.
+like the Commodities that Amounts refer to.
The make a Session useful, you must read a Journal into it, using the
function `@code{read_journal}`. This reads Ledger data from the given
file, populates a Journal object within the current Session, and
returns a reference to that Journal object.
-Within the Journal live all the Transaction's, Posting's, and other
-objects related to your data. There are also AutomatedTransaction's
-and PeriodicTransaction's, etc.
+Within the Journal live all the Transactions, Postings, and other
+objects related to your data. There are also AutomatedTransactions
+and PeriodicTransactions, etc.
Here is how you would traverse all the postings in your data file:
@@ -8520,7 +8527,7 @@ While the @emph{cooked} form is:
So the easy way to think about raw vs. cooked is that raw is the
unprocessed data, and cooked has had all considerations applied.
-When you traverse a Journal by iterating its transactions, you are
+When you traverse a Journal by iterating over its transactions, you are
generally looking at raw data. In order to look at cooked data, you
must generate a report of some kind by querying the journal:
@@ -8630,7 +8637,7 @@ reused in other projects as needed.
@item Commoditized Amounts (amount_t, commodity_t and friends)
-An numerical abstraction combining multi-precision rational numbers (via
+A numerical abstraction combining multi-precision rational numbers (via
GMP) with commodities. These structures can be manipulated like regular
numbers in either C++ or Python (as Amount objects).
@@ -8686,7 +8693,7 @@ string (cash) down to the corresponding value expression @samp{(account
@item Format strings
-Format strings let you interpolate value expressions into string, with
+Format strings let you interpolate value expressions into strings, with
the requirement that any interpolated value have a string
representation. Really all this does is calculate the value expression
in the current report context, call the resulting value's
@@ -8728,7 +8735,7 @@ querying ad reporting on your data.
@item Textual journal parser
-There is a textual parser, wholly contained in textual.cc, which knows
+There is a textual parser, wholly contained in @file{textual.cc}, which knows
how to parse text into journal objects, which then get ``finalized'' and
added to the journal. Finalization is the step that enforces the
double-entry guarantee.
@@ -8736,7 +8743,7 @@ double-entry guarantee.
@item Iterators
Every journal object is ``iterable'', and these iterators are defined in
-iterators.h and iterators.cc. This iteration logic is kept out of the
+@file{iterators.h} and @file{iterators.cc}. This iteration logic is kept out of the
basic journal objects themselves for the sake of modularity.
@item Comparators
@@ -8749,7 +8756,7 @@ the user passed to @option{--sort @var{VEXPR}}.
Many reports bring pseudo-journal objects into existence, like postings
which report totals in a @samp{Total} account. These objects are
-created and managed by a temporaries_t object, which gets used in many
+created and managed by a @code{temporaries_t} object, which gets used in many
places by the reporting filters.
@item Option handling
@@ -8767,7 +8774,7 @@ a separate session. They are all owned by the global scope.
@item Report objects
-Every time you create report output, a report object is created to
+Every time you create any report output, a report object is created to
determine what you want to see. In the Ledger REPL, a new report object
is created every time a command is executed. In CLI mode, only one
report object ever comes into being, as Ledger immediately exits after
@@ -8790,7 +8797,7 @@ are filters which compute the running totals; that queue and sort all
the input items before playing them back out in a new order; that filter
out items which fail to match a predicate, etc. Almost every reporting
feature in Ledger is related to one or more filters. Looking at
-@file{filters.h}, I see over 25 of them defined currently.
+@file{filters.h}, there are over 25 of them defined currently.
@item The filter chain
@@ -8803,9 +8810,9 @@ exposed this layer to the Python bridge yet.
@item Output modules
Although filters are great and all, in the end you want to see stuff.
-This is the job of special ``leaf'' filters call output modules. They
+This is the job of special ``leaf'' filters called output modules. They
are implemented just like a regular filter, but they don't have
-a ``next'' filter to pass the time on down to. Instead, they are the
+a ``next'' filter to pass the data on down to. Instead, they are the
end of the line and must do something with the item that results in the
user seeing something on their screen or in a file.
@@ -8860,9 +8867,9 @@ journal files:
In this example, there is a transaction date, a payee, or description of
the transaction, and two postings. The postings show movement of one
hundred dollars from an account within the Income hierarchy, to the
-specified expense account. The name and meaning of these accounts in
+specified expense account. The name and meaning of these accounts is
arbitrary, with no preferences implied, although you will find it useful
-to follow standard accounting practice (@pxref{Principles of Accounting
+to follow standard accounting practices (@pxref{Principles of Accounting
with Ledger}).
Since an amount is missing from the second posting, it is assumed to be
@@ -8910,7 +8917,7 @@ are covered here, though it must be said that sometimes, there are
multiple ways to achieve a desired result.
@emph{Note:} It is important to note that there must be at least two
-spaces between the end of the post and the beginning of the amount
+spaces between the end of the account and the beginning of the amount
(including a commodity designator).
@menu
@@ -9048,7 +9055,7 @@ implied cost for you. You can also make the cost explicit using a
@end smallexample
Here the @dfn{per-unit cost} is given explicitly in the form of a cost
-amount; and since cost amount are @emph{unobserved}, the use of six
+amount; and since cost amounts are @emph{unobserved}, the use of six
decimal places has no effect on how dollar amounts are displayed in
the final report. You can also specify the @dfn{total cost}:
@@ -9081,9 +9088,9 @@ posting automatically so that the transaction balances.
In every transaction involving more than one commodity, there is
always one which is the @dfn{primary commodity}. This commodity
should be thought of as the exchange commodity, or the commodity used
-to buy and sells units of the other commodity. In the fruit examples
+to buy and sell units of the other commodity. In the fruit examples
above, dollars are the primary commodity. This is decided by Ledger
-on the placement of the commodity in the transaction:
+based on the placement of the commodity in the transaction:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2010/05/31 Sample Transaction
@@ -9105,7 +9112,7 @@ play is in reports that use the @option{--market (-V)} or
shown.
If a transaction uses only one commodity, this commodity is also
-considered a primary. In fact, when Ledger goes about ensures that
+considered a primary. In fact, when Ledger goes about ensuring that
all transactions balance to zero, it only ever asks this of primary
commodities.
@@ -9138,8 +9145,8 @@ nothing for a command line user.
@subsection @command{source}
@findex source
-The @command{source} command take a journal file as an argument and
-parses it checking for errors, no other reports are generated, and no
+The @command{source} command takes a journal file as an argument and
+parses it checking for errors; no other reports are generated, and no
other arguments are necessary. Ledger will return success if no errors
are found.
@@ -9240,7 +9247,7 @@ apply it against a model transaction.
@item generate
Randomly generates syntactically valid Ledger data from a seed. Used
-by the GenerateTests harness for development testing.
+by the @samp{GenerateTests} harness for development testing.
@item parse @var{VEXPR}
@itemx expr @var{VEXPR}
@@ -9334,13 +9341,13 @@ This is a debugging command.
@subsection Testing Framework
Ledger source ships with a fairly complete set of tests to verify that
-all is well, and no old errors have been resurfaced. Tests are run
+all is well, and no old errors have resurfaced. Tests are run
individually with @file{ctest}. All tests can be run using @code{make
check} or @code{ninja check} depending on which build tool you prefer.
Once built, the ledger executable resides under the @file{build}
subdirectory in the source tree. Tests are built and stored in the
-test subdirectory for the build. For example,
+@file{test} subdirectory for the build. For example,
@file{~/ledger/build/ledger/opt/test}.
@menu
@@ -9362,7 +9369,7 @@ build location. To execute a single test use @code{ctest -V -R regex},
where the regex matches the name of the test you want to build.
There are nearly 300 tests stored under the @file{test} subdirectory
-in main source distribution. They are broken into two broad
+in the main source distribution. They are broken into two broad
categories, baseline and regression. To run the @file{5FBF2ED8} test,
for example, issue @samp{ctest -V -R "5FB"}.
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-commodities.el b/lisp/ledger-commodities.el
index 1c7bd629..a2cdf6ac 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-commodities.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-commodities.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; Helper functions to deal with commoditized numbers. A commoditized
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-complete.el b/lisp/ledger-complete.el
index ae3dfb78..fd4cbcc0 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-complete.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-complete.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; Functions providing payee and account auto complete.
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-context.el b/lisp/ledger-context.el
index cd8b29fc..064ac380 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-context.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-context.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-exec.el b/lisp/ledger-exec.el
index db924803..13a99125 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-exec.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-exec.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-fonts.el b/lisp/ledger-fonts.el
index 41c7a4aa..5194e876 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-fonts.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-fonts.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
:group 'ledger-faces)
(defface ledger-font-xact-highlight-face
- `((t :background "#eee8d5"))
+ `((((background dark)) :background "#1a1a1a" )
+ (t :background "#eee8d5"))
"Default face for transaction under point"
:group 'ledger-faces)
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@
:group 'ledger-faces)
(defface ledger-occur-xact-face
- `((t :background "#eee8d5" ))
+ `((((background dark)) :background "#1a1a1a" )
+ (t :background "#eee8d5" ))
"Default face for Ledger occur mode shown transactions"
:group 'ledger-faces)
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-init.el b/lisp/ledger-init.el
index 277b0f04..531f2c45 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-init.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-init.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; Determine the ledger environment
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-mode.el b/lisp/ledger-mode.el
index dfd878fc..07e6732a 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-mode.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-occur.el b/lisp/ledger-occur.el
index 41c993fc..24ded4ca 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-occur.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-occur.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; Provide buffer narrowing to ledger mode. Adapted from original loccur
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-post.el b/lisp/ledger-post.el
index 71cad87e..b8fa36ca 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-post.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-post.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-reconcile.el b/lisp/ledger-reconcile.el
index d58a7f4f..61de0855 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-reconcile.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-reconcile.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;; Reconcile mode
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-regex.el b/lisp/ledger-regex.el
index 47e5a9f2..8d838892 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-regex.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-regex.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
(require 'rx)
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-report.el b/lisp/ledger-report.el
index e41699a1..af9ae62c 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-report.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-report.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-schedule.el b/lisp/ledger-schedule.el
index c9ee4392..e1e06d69 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-schedule.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-schedule.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
;;
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-sort.el b/lisp/ledger-sort.el
index ccb3d88d..d337cc4c 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-sort.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-sort.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-state.el b/lisp/ledger-state.el
index 408e8337..fffaab14 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-state.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-state.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-test.el b/lisp/ledger-test.el
index 8ebfa44b..f74c5428 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-test.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-test.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
(defgroup ledger-test nil
"Definitions for the Ledger testing framework"
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-texi.el b/lisp/ledger-texi.el
index 2e83ea02..c9e438c0 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-texi.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-texi.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
(defgroup ledger-texi nil
"Options for working on Ledger texi documentation"
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-xact.el b/lisp/ledger-xact.el
index 910c7b23..35b0d62c 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-xact.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-xact.el
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
-;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+;; MA 02110-1301 USA.
;;; Commentary:
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8359308e..6304a50c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ if(BUILD_LIBRARY)
install(TARGETS libledger DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
install(FILES ${LEDGER_INCLUDES}
${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/sha1.h
- ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/utfcpp/source/utf8.h
- DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/ledger)
- install(DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/utfcpp/source/utf8
DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/ledger)
else()
add_executable(ledger