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diff --git a/ledger.texi b/ledger.texi index 8e1f2d8b..437a54da 100644 --- a/ledger.texi +++ b/ledger.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.5 2003/10/01 21:55:40 johnw Exp $ +@comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.6 2003/10/01 22:11:23 johnw Exp $ @comment %**start of header @setfilename ledger.info @@ -194,17 +194,22 @@ from ``Assets:Checking'' in order to balance the entry. @section Commodities and currencies -@code{ledger} makes no assumptions about the commodities you use. It -only requires that you specify which commodity. The commodity may be -any non-numeric string that does not contain a period, comma, forward -slash or at sign (@@). Here are some valid commodity specifiers: +@code{ledger} makes no assumptions about the commodities you use; it +only requires that you specify a commodity. The commodity may be any +non-numeric string that does not contain a period, comma, forward +slash or at sign (@@). It may appear before or after the amount, +although it is assumed that symbols appearing before the amount refer +to currencies, while non-joined symbols apearing after the amount +refer to commodities. Here are some valid currency and commodity +specifiers: @example -$20.00 ; twenty US dollars -20 USD ; the same -AAPL 40 ; 40 shares of Apple Computer stock -DM 60 ; 60 Deutsch Mark -£50 ; 50 British pounds +$20.00 ; currency: twenty US dollars +USD 20 ; currency: the same +40 AAPL ; commodity: 40 shares of Apple Computer stock +DM 60 ; currency: 60 Deutsch Mark +£50 ; currency: 50 British pounds +50e ; currency: 50 Euros (use appropriate symbol) @end example @code{ledger} will examine the first use of any commodity to determine |