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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
@titlepage
@title Ledger: Command-Line Accounting
@subtitle For Version 3.0 of Ledger
-@subtitle Draft Manual Time-stamp: <2011-11-30 16:33 (cpearls)>
+@subtitle Draft Manual Time-stamp: <2011-12-01 08:37 (cpearls)>
@author John Wiegley
@end titlepage
@@ -1923,21 +1923,21 @@ Metadata are normally strings, but you can create metadata of other types:
@end smallexample
(Note that this Date tag is not the same as the posting date.)
-@cindex tags, pop
+@cindex @@tag directive
@cindex tags, applying to several transactions.
-There are now tag/pop directives, to apply metadata to a range of
-transactions (and their postings). For example, if you wanted a
+You apply a tag or tags to a group of transactions by surrounding them with a @code{@@tag ... @@end tag} block.
+For example, if you wanted a
conceptual ``page'' of transactions relating to business trip to
Chicago, you could do this:
@smallexample
- tag Location: Chicago
- tag Purpose: Business
+ @@tag Location: Chicago
+ @@tag Purpose: Business
... transactions go here
- pop
- pop
+ @@end tag
+ @@end tag
@end smallexample
It would be as if you'd applied "; Location: Chicago", etc., to every transaction.