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diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/198.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/198.rtfd/TXT.rtf new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5916b022 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Ledger.scriv/198.rtfd/TXT.rtf @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf460 +{\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;} +{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} +\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\sl264\slmult1\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural + +\f0\fs28 \cf0 A virtual posting is when you, in your mind, see money as moving\ +to a certain place, when in reality that money has not moved at all.\ +There are several scenarios in which this type of tracking comes in\ +handy, and each of them will be discussed in detail.\ +\ +To enter a virtual posting, surround the account name in\ +parentheses. This form of usage does not need to balance. However,\ +if you want to ensure the virtual posting balances with other\ +virtual postings in the same transaction, use square brackets. For\ +example:\ +\ +@smallexample\ +10/2 Paycheck\ + Assets:Checking $1000.00\ + Income:Salary $-1000.00\ + (Debt:Alimony) $200.00\ +@end smallexample\ +\ +In this example, after receiving a paycheck an alimony debt is\ +increased---even though no money has moved around yet.\ +\ +@smallexample\ +10/2 Paycheck\ + Assets:Checking $1000.00\ + Income:Salary $-1000.00\ + [Savings:Trip] $200.00\ + [Assets:Checking] $-200.00\ +@end smallexample\ +\ +In this example, $200 has been deducted from checking toward savings\ +for a trip. It will appear as though the money has been moved from\ +the account into @samp\{Savings:Trip\}, although no money has actually\ +moved anywhere.\ +\ +When balances are displayed, virtual postings will be factored in.\ +To view balances without any virtual balances factored in, using the\ +@option\{-R\} flag, for ``reality''.}
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