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diff --git a/doc/ledger-mode.texi b/doc/ledger-mode.texi
index 563abf12..b76cb309 100644
--- a/doc/ledger-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger-mode.texi
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ Emacs will prompt for a report name. There are a few built-in reports,
and you can add any report you need @xref{Adding and Editing Reports}.
In the Minibuffer type @samp{account}. When prompted for an account
-type @samp{checking}. In a buffer named @file{*Ledger Report*}, you will see a Ledger register
-report. You can move around the buffer, with the point on a transaction,
-type @kbd{RET}. Ledger-mode will take you directly to that
-transaction in the @file{demo.ledger} buffer.
+type @samp{checking}. In a buffer named @file{*Ledger Report*}, you
+will see a Ledger register report. You can move around the buffer, with
+the point on a transaction, type @kbd{RET}. Ledger-mode will take you
+directly to that transaction in the @file{demo.ledger} buffer.
Another built-in report is the balance report. In the
@file{demo.ledger} buffer, type @kbd{C-c C-o C-r}. When prompted for
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ while in a posting. This places an asterisk prior to the posting.
@section Formatting Transactions
@cindex transaction, formatting
-When editing a transaction, liberal use of the @kbd{TAB} key can keep the
-transaction well formatted. If you want to have Ledger-mode cleanup the
-formatting of a transaction you can use @samp{Align Transaction} or @samp{Align
-Region} from the menu bar.
+When editing a transaction, liberal use of the @kbd{TAB} key can keep
+the transaction well formatted. If you want to have Ledger-mode cleanup
+the formatting of a transaction you can use @samp{Align Transaction} or
+@samp{Align Region} from the menu bar.
The menu item @samp{Clean-up Buffer} sorts all transactions in the buffer
by date, removes extraneous empty lines and aligns every transaction.
@@ -674,10 +674,10 @@ transactions involving that account.
@end table
While viewing reports you can easily switch back and forth between the
-ledger buffer and the @file{*Ledger Report*} buffer. In @file{*Ledger Report*} buffer, typing
-@kbd{RET} will take you to that transaction in the ledger buffer.
-While in the ledger buffer @kbd{C-c C-o C-g} returns you to the @file{*Ledger Report*}
-buffer.
+ledger buffer and the @file{*Ledger Report*} buffer. In @file{*Ledger
+Report*} buffer, typing @kbd{RET} will take you to that transaction in
+the ledger buffer. While in the ledger buffer @kbd{C-c C-o C-g} returns
+you to the @file{*Ledger Report*} buffer.
By default Ledger-mode will refresh the report buffer when the ledger
buffer is saved. If you want to rerun the report at another time
@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ Deleting reports is accomplished by typing @kbd{C-c C-o C-e} or using
customization window for the Ledger Reports variables. Use the widgets
to delete the report you want removed.
-Typing @kbd{C-c C-o C-s} will prompt for a name and save the current report.
+Typing @kbd{C-c C-o C-s} will prompt for a name and save the current
+report.
@node Expansion Formats, Make Report Transactions Active, Adding and Editing Reports, Adding and Editing Reports
@subsection Expansion Formats
@@ -824,9 +825,9 @@ characters to specify when the transactions should appear.
@node Transactions that occur on specific dates, Transactions that occur on specific days, Specifying Upcoming Transactions, Specifying Upcoming Transactions
@subsection Transactions that occur on specific dates
-Many times you will enter repetitive transactions that occur on the same day
-of the month each month. These can be specified using a wild card in
-the year and month with a fixed date in the day. The following entry
+Many times you will enter repetitive transactions that occur on the same
+day of the month each month. These can be specified using a wild card
+in the year and month with a fixed date in the day. The following entry
specifies a transaction that occurs on the first and fifteenth of every
month in every year.
@example
@@ -836,9 +837,9 @@ month in every year.
@end example
Some transactions do not occur every month. Comma separated lists of
-the months, or @samp{E} for even, or @samp{O} for odd number months can also be
-specified. The following entry specifies a bi-monthly exterminator bill that occurs
-in the even months:
+the months, or @samp{E} for even, or @samp{O} for odd number months can
+also be specified. The following entry specifies a bi-monthly
+exterminator bill that occurs in the even months:
@example
[*/E/01] Exterminator
Expenses:Home $100.00
@@ -1016,10 +1017,12 @@ Face for Ledger comments.
Default face for uncleared transactions in the @file{*Reconcile*} buffer.
@item ledger-font-reconciler-cleared-face
-Default face for cleared @samp{*} transactions in the @file{*Reconcile*} buffer.
+Default face for cleared @samp{*} transactions in the @file{*Reconcile*}
+buffer.
@item ledger-font-reconciler-pending-face
-Default face for pending @samp{!} transactions in the @file{*Reconcile*} buffer.
+Default face for pending @samp{!} transactions in the @file{*Reconcile*}
+buffer.
@item ledger-font-report-clickable-face
FIXME
diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index 3646557a..739b5539 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -2023,7 +2023,8 @@ $ ledger accounts >> Accounts.dat
@end smallexample
@noindent
-You will have to edit this file to add the @code{account} directive in front of every line.
+You will have to edit this file to add the @code{account} directive in
+front of every line.
@node Journal Format, Converting from other formats, Keeping it Consistent, Keeping a Journal
@section Journal Format
@@ -2148,8 +2149,8 @@ account Expenses:Food
@end smallexample
The @code{note} sub-directive associates a textual note with the
-account. This can be accessed later using the @code{note} value expression
-function in any account context.
+account. This can be accessed later using the @code{note} value
+expression function in any account context.
The @code{alias} sub-directive, which can occur multiple times, allows
the alias to be used in place of the full account name anywhere that
@@ -2226,9 +2227,9 @@ $ ledger bal --no-total ^Exp
$10.00 Expenses:Entertainment:Dining
@end smallexample
-With the option @option{--recursive-aliases}, aliases can refer to other aliases,
-the following example produces exactly the same transactions and account names
-as the preceding one:
+With the option @option{--recursive-aliases}, aliases can refer to other
+aliases, the following example produces exactly the same transactions
+and account names as the preceding one:
@smallexample @c input:validate
alias Entertainment=Expenses:Entertainment
@@ -2316,8 +2317,8 @@ check <VALUE EXPRESSION BOOLEAN RESULT>
Start a block comment, closed by @code{end comment}.
@item commodity
-Pre-declare commodity names. This only has an effect if @option{--strict}
-or @option{--pedantic} is used (see below).
+Pre-declare commodity names. This only has an effect if
+@option{--strict} or @option{--pedantic} is used (see below).
@smallexample @c input:validate
commodity $
@@ -2344,8 +2345,8 @@ 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} sub-directive states that the commodity's price should
-never be auto-downloaded.
+The @code{nomarket} sub-directive states that the commodity's price
+should never be auto-downloaded.
The @code{default} sub-directive marks this as the ``default'' commodity.
@@ -2517,8 +2518,8 @@ tag CSV
@end smallexample
The @code{tag} directive supports two optional sub-directives, if they
-immediately follow the tag directive and---if on a successive line---begin
-with whitespace:
+immediately follow the tag directive and---if on a successive
+line---begin with whitespace:
@smallexample @c input:validate
tag Receipt
@@ -2815,9 +2816,9 @@ you a place to put those codes:
@findex --uncleared
@findex --pending
-A transaction can have a ``state'': cleared, pending, or uncleared.
-The default is uncleared. To mark a transaction cleared, put an asterisk @samp{*}
-before the payee, after the date or code:
+A transaction can have a ``state'': cleared, pending, or uncleared. The
+default is uncleared. To mark a transaction cleared, put an asterisk
+@samp{*} before the payee, after the date or code:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2012-03-10 * KFC
@@ -2975,9 +2976,10 @@ used as the payee name for that posting. This affects the
@command{register} report, the @command{payees} report, and the
@option{--by-payee} option.
-This is useful when for example you deposit 4 checks at a time to
-the bank. On the bank statement, there is just one amount @samp{$400},
-but you can specify from whom each check came from, as shown by example below:
+This is useful when for example you deposit 4 checks at a time to the
+bank. On the bank statement, there is just one amount @samp{$400}, but
+you can specify from whom each check came from, as shown by example
+below:
@smallexample @c input:validate
2010-06-17 Sample
@@ -3138,8 +3140,8 @@ A balance assignment has this form:
Assets:Cash = $500.00
@end smallexample
-This sets the amount of the second posting to whatever it would need
-to be for the total in @samp{Assets:Cash} to be $500.00 after the posting.
+This sets the amount of the second posting to whatever it would need 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
@@ -3174,9 +3176,9 @@ 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 @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
+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.
A balanced virtual transaction is used simply to indicate to Ledger that
@@ -3246,9 +3248,10 @@ 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 the @option{--market (-V)}
-flag will never convert a primary commodity into any other commodity.
-@option{--exchange @var{COMMODITY} (-X)} still will, however.
+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.
@node Posting cost expressions, Total posting costs, Explicit posting costs, Transactions
@section Posting cost expressions
@@ -3386,12 +3389,12 @@ but is not required to be used with them:
@end smallexample
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 the commodity, whereas @{$5.00@} is. In fact, when you write
+buy and sell whole lots. The @{@{$500.00@}@} is @emph{not} an 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 braces form in the output.
-The double braces 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:
@@ -3522,8 +3525,8 @@ indicate a virtual cost:
Income:Capital Gains $-125.00
@end smallexample
-You can specify any combination of lot prices, dates or notes, in any order.
-They are all optional.
+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}.
@@ -3881,8 +3884,8 @@ 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 the @option{--effective} option, the initial date will be overridden
-by the 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
@@ -4401,10 +4404,11 @@ 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 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 though those
-transactions from before will be computed as part of the balance.
+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
+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
@@ -4449,11 +4453,11 @@ balances for an account, such as when @ref{Archiving Previous Years}.
@findex --amount-data
@findex --total-data
-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, which makes it very useful for hunting down a particular
+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, which makes it very useful for hunting down a particular
posting.
The output from @command{register} is very close to what a typical
@@ -4465,8 +4469,8 @@ 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 @command{register} command, in order to plot either the amount or total
-column, respectively.
+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
@subsection The @command{print} command
@@ -4547,9 +4551,10 @@ Transaction Number,Date,Description,Memo,Amount Debit,Amount Credit,Balance,Chec
Unfortunately, as it stands Ledger cannot read it, but you can. Ledger
expects the first line to contain a description of the fields on each
-line of the file. The fields ledger can recognize contain these case-insensitive strings
-@code{date}, @code{posted}, @code{code}, @code{payee} or @code{desc} or @code{description},
-@code{amount}, @code{cost}, @code{total}, and @code{note}.
+line of the file. The fields ledger can recognize contain these
+case-insensitive strings @code{date}, @code{posted}, @code{code},
+@code{payee} or @code{desc} or @code{description}, @code{amount},
+@code{cost}, @code{total}, and @code{note}.
Delete the account description lines at the top, and replace the first
line in the data above with:
@@ -5194,18 +5199,20 @@ pricedb database files.
@subsection @command{accounts}
@findex accounts
-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.
+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.
@node @command{payees}, @command{commodities}, @command{accounts}, Reports about your Journals
@subsection @command{payees}
@findex payees
-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 @@:
+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 @@:
@smallexample
$ ledger payees @@Nic
@@ -5228,10 +5235,10 @@ you how many entries use each commodity.
@findex tags
@findex --values
-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.
+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.
@node @command{xact}, @command{stats}, @command{tags}, Reports about your Journals
@subsection @command{xact}
@@ -5405,7 +5412,8 @@ Print account balances as transactions.
Print price history for matching commodities.
@item pricedb
-Print price history for matching commodities in a format readable by ledger.
+Print price history for matching commodities in a format readable by
+ledger.
@item xact
Generate transactions based on previous postings.
@@ -5933,9 +5941,9 @@ a misspelled commodity or account) it will issue a warning giving you
the file and line number of the problem.
@item --recursive-aliases
-Normally, ledger only expands aliases once. With this option, ledger tries
-to expand the result of alias expansion recursively, until no more expansions
-apply.
+Normally, ledger only expands aliases once. With this option, ledger
+tries to expand the result of alias expansion recursively, until no more
+expansions apply.
@item --time-colon
The @option{--time-colon} option will display the value for a seconds
@@ -6225,8 +6233,8 @@ in the register and prices reports.
Display only lines that satisfy the expression @var{EXPR}.
@item --display-amount @var{EXPR}
-Apply a transformation to the @emph{displayed} amount. This happens after
-calculations occur.
+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 happens after
@@ -6312,8 +6320,8 @@ 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 separates the report sections of
-a grouped report. Only has an effect with a @option{--group-by @var{EXPR}}
-register report.
+a grouped report. Only has an effect with a @option{--group-by
+@var{EXPR}} register report.
@smallexample
$ ledger reg Expenses --group-by "payee" --group-title-format "------------------------ %-20(value) ---------------------\n"
@@ -6509,10 +6517,10 @@ Report commodity totals (this is the default).
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. This can be useful for minor cleanups, like just aligning
-amounts.
+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. This can be useful for minor cleanups, like
+just aligning amounts.
@item --real
@itemx -R
@@ -6523,8 +6531,8 @@ transactions.
Define the output format for the @command{register} report.
@item --related
-In a @command{register} report show the related account. This is the other
-@emph{side} of the transaction.
+In a @command{register} report show the related account. This is the
+other @emph{side} of the transaction.
@item --related-all
Show all postings in a transaction, similar to @option{--related} but
@@ -6544,12 +6552,13 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY
FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@item --seed @var{FIXME}
-Set the random seed to @var{FIXME} for the @code{generate} command. Used as part of
-development testing.
+Set the random seed to @var{FIXME} for the @code{generate} command.
+Used as part of development testing.
@item --sort @var{VEXPR}
@itemx -S @var{VEXPR}
-Sort the @command{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
@@ -6569,8 +6578,8 @@ FIX THIS ENTRY
@item --tail @var{INT}
@itemx --last @var{INT}
-Report only the last @var{INT} entries. Only useful in a @command{register}
-report.
+Report only the last @var{INT} entries. Only useful in
+a @command{register} report.
@item --time-report
FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@@ -6722,8 +6731,8 @@ 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 details on period
-expressions, see @ref{Period Expressions}.
+terms like @samp{last June} or @samp{next month}. For more details on
+period expressions, see @ref{Period Expressions}.
@item --period-sort @var{VEXPR}
Sort the postings within each reporting period using the value
@@ -6894,7 +6903,8 @@ Report posting totals by month.
@item --yearly
@itemx -Y
-Report posting totals by year. For more complex periods, use @option{--period}.
+Report posting totals by year. For more complex periods, use
+@option{--period}.
@c TODO end this sentence
@item --period @var{PERIOD_EXPRESSION}
@@ -6907,10 +6917,10 @@ 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 "-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}.
+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}
Produce a pivot table around the @var{TAG} provided. This requires
@@ -7334,13 +7344,14 @@ these values:
@itemize
@item Register Report
-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 if today's value is different from the value of the last
-posting.
+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 if today's value is different from the value of the
+last posting.
@item Balance Report
-For the @command{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
@@ -7353,16 +7364,16 @@ You can also now use @option{--exchange @var{COMMODITY} (-X)} (and
and @option{--price (-I)}, to see valuation reports of just your basis
costs or lot prices.
-Finally, sometimes, you may seek to only report one (or some subset)
-of the commodities in terms of another commodity. In this
-situation, you can use the syntax
-@option{--exchange @var{COMMODITY1}:@var{COMMODITY2}} to request that
-ledger always display @var{COMMODITY1} in terms of @var{COMMODITY2},
-but you want no other commodities to be automatically displayed in terms of
-@var{COMMODITY2} without additional @option{--exchange} options. For
-example, if you wanted to report EUR and BTC in terms of USD, but report
-all other commodities without conversion to USD, you could use:
-@option{--exchange EUR:USD --exchange BTC:USD}.
+Finally, sometimes, you may seek to only report one (or some subset) of
+the commodities in terms of another commodity. In this situation, you
+can use the syntax @option{--exchange @var{COMMODITY1}:@var{COMMODITY2}}
+to request that ledger always display @var{COMMODITY1} in terms of
+@var{COMMODITY2}, but you want no other commodities to be automatically
+displayed in terms of @var{COMMODITY2} without additional
+@option{--exchange} options. For example, if you wanted to report EUR
+and BTC in terms of USD, but report all other commodities without
+conversion to USD, you could use: @option{--exchange EUR:USD --exchange
+BTC:USD}.
@node Environment variables, , Commodity reporting, Detailed Option Description
@subsection Environment variables
@@ -7584,10 +7595,10 @@ 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 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.
+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
@@ -7683,10 +7694,11 @@ variable for both is specified.
@item t
This maps to whatever the user specified with @option{--amount
-@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.
+@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.
@item T
This maps to whatever the user specified with @option{--total
@@ -7880,9 +7892,10 @@ Useful for specifying a date in plain terms. For example, you could say
@samp{expr date =~ /2014/}.
@item expr comment =~ /REGEX/
-A regular expression that matches against a posting's comment field. This
-searches only a posting's field, not the transaction's note or comment field.
-For example, @code{ledger reg "expr" "comment =~ /landline/"} will match:
+A regular expression that matches against a posting's comment
+field. This searches only a posting's field, not the transaction's note
+or comment field. For example, @code{ledger reg "expr" "comment =~
+/landline/"} will match:
@smallexample
2014/1/29 Phone bill
@@ -7905,8 +7918,8 @@ instead.
@item expr note =~ /REGEX/
A regular expression that matches against a transaction's note field.
This searches all comments in the transaction, including comments on
-individual postings. Thus, @samp{ledger reg "expr" "note =~ /landline/"} will
-match both all the three examples below:
+individual postings. Thus, @samp{ledger reg "expr" "note =~ /landline/"}
+will match both all the three examples below:
@smallexample
2014/1/29 Phone bill
@@ -8509,7 +8522,8 @@ generated the posting.
@table @code
@item filename
-the name of ledger the data file from whence the 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,
@@ -8815,10 +8829,10 @@ querying ad reporting on your data.
@item Textual journal parser
-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.
+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.
@item Iterators
@@ -8836,8 +8850,8 @@ 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 @code{temporaries_t} object, which gets used in many
-places by the reporting filters.
+created and managed by a @code{temporaries_t} object, which gets used in
+many places by the reporting filters.
@item Option handling
@@ -9296,8 +9310,8 @@ Print detailed information on the execution of Ledger.
@item --verify
Enable additional assertions during run-time. This causes a significant
-slowdown. When combined with @option{--debug @var{CODE}} ledger will produce
-memory trace information.
+slowdown. When combined with @option{--debug @var{CODE}} ledger will
+produce memory trace information.
@item --verify-memory
FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@@ -9401,8 +9415,8 @@ true
FIX THIS ENTRY @c FIXME thdox
@item template
-Shows the insertion template that the @command{xact} sub-command generates.
-This is a debugging command.
+Shows the insertion template that the @command{xact} sub-command
+generates. This is a debugging command.
@end ftable