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diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/9.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/9.rtfd/TXT.rtf deleted file mode 100644 index c399f72d..00000000 --- a/doc/Ledger.scriv/9.rtfd/TXT.rtf +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -{\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 The most important part of accounting is keeping a good ledger. If\ -you have a good ledger, tools can be written to work whatever\ -mathematically tricks you need to better understand your spending\ -patterns. Without a good ledger, no tool, however smart, can help\ -you.\ -\ -The Ledger program aims at making ledger transaction as simple as possible.\ -Since it is a command-line tool, it does not provide a user interface\ -for keeping a ledger. If you like, you may use GnuCash to maintain\ -your ledger, in which case the Ledger program will read GnuCash's data\ -files directly. In that case, read the GnuCash manual now, and skip\ -to the next chapter.\ -\ -If you are not using GnuCash, but a text editor to maintain your\ -ledger, read on. Ledger has been designed to make data transaction as\ -simple as possible, by keeping the ledger format easy, and also by\ -automagically determining as much information as possible based on the\ -nature of your transactions.\ -\ -For example, you do not need to tell Ledger about the accounts you\ -use. Any time Ledger sees a posting involving an account it knows\ -nothing about, it will create it. If you use a commodity that is new\ -to Ledger, it will create that commodity, and determine its display\ -characteristics (placement of the symbol before or after the amount,\ -display precision, etc) based on how you used the commodity in the\ -posting.\ -\ -Here is the Pacific Bell example from above, given as a Ledger\ -posting:\ -\ -@smallexample\ -9/29 (100) Pacific Bell\ - Expenses:Utilities:Phone $23.00\ - Assets:Checking $-23.00\ -@end smallexample\ -\ -As you can see, it is very similar to what would be written on paper,\ -minus the computed balance totals, and adding in account names that\ -work better with Ledger's scheme of things. In fact, since Ledger is\ -smart about many things, you don't need to specify the balanced\ -amount, if it is the same as the first line:\ -\ -@smallexample\ -9/29 (100) Pacific Bell\ - Expenses:Utilities:Phone $23.00\ - Assets:Checking\ -@end smallexample\ -\ -For this transaction, Ledger will figure out that $-23.00 must come from\ -@samp\{Assets:Checking\} in order to balance the transaction.}
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