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diff --git a/doc/ledger.texi b/doc/ledger.texi index 10e80a60..f79ffbac 100644 --- a/doc/ledger.texi +++ b/doc/ledger.texi @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ file whose formatting has gotten out of hand. The @command{output} command is very similar to the @command{print} command, except that it attempts to replicate the specified ledger -file epostly. The format of the command is: +file exactly. The format of the command is: @example ledger -f FILENAME output FILENAME @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Say you currently have this posting in your ledger file: @end smallexample Now it's @samp{2004/4/9}, and you've just eating at @samp{Viva -Italiano} again. The epost amounts are different, but the overall +Italiano} again. The exact amounts are different, but the overall form is the same. With the @command{xact} command you can type: @example @@ -709,13 +709,13 @@ deviation from the average. It is only meaningful in the @command{xml} report. @option{--amount-data} (@option{-j}) changes the @command{register} -report so that it output nothing but the date and the value column, +report so that it outputs nothing but the date and the value column, and the latter without commodities. This is only meaningful if the report uses a single commodity. This data can then be fed to other programs, which could plot the date, analyze it, etc. @option{--total-data} (@option{-J}) changes the @command{register} -report so that it output nothing but the date and totals column, +report so that it outputs nothing but the date and totals column, without commodities. @option{--display EXPR} (@option{-d EXPR}) limits which postings @@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ stripped from the total. @item [DATEFMT] Inserts the result of formatting a posting's date with a date -format string, epostly like those supported by @code{strftime}. For +format string, exactly like those supported by @code{strftime}. For example: @samp{%[%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S]}. @item S @@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ Now the report is: @end smallexample Since the liability was a virtual posting, it has dropped from the -report and we see that final total is balanced. +report and we see that the final total is balanced. But we only know that it balances because @file{sample.dat} is quite simple, and we happen to know that the 50 shares of Apple stock cost @@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ This reports: @end smallexample This shows that the @samp{Assets} total is made up from two child -account, but that the total for each of the other accounts comes from +accounts, but that the total for each of the other accounts comes from one child account. Sometimes you may have a lot of children, nested very deeply, but only @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ Although the easiest way to use the register is to report all the postings affecting a set of accounts, it can often result in more information than you want. To cope with an ever-growing amount of data, there are several options which can help you pinpoint your -report to epostly the postings that interest you most. This is +report to include just the postings that interest you most. This is called the ``calculation'' phase of Ledger. All of its related options are documented under @option{--help-calc}. @@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ Reports: 2004/05/14 Pay day Income:Salary $-500.00 0 @end smallexample -The final total is zero, indicating that the budget matched epostly +The final total is zero, indicating that the budget matched exactly for the reported period. Budgeting is most often helpful with period reporting; for example, to show monthly budget results use @option{--budget -p monthly}. @@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ Reports: @end smallexample The date this report was made was November 5, 2004; the reason the -first forecast transaction is in december is that forecast transactions are only +first forecast transaction is in December is that forecast transactions are only added for the future, and they only stop after the value expression has matched at least once, which is why the January transaction appears. A forecast report can be very useful for determining when money will run @@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ Based on that explanation, here's another way to look at your balance report: every negative figure means that that account or person or place has less money now than when you started your ledger; and every positive figure means that that account or person or place has more -money now that when you started your ledger. Make sense? +money now than when you started your ledger. Make sense? @node Assets and Liabilities, Typical queries, Stating where money goes, Ledger in Practice @section Assets and Liabilities @@ -3507,7 +3507,7 @@ To view balances without any virtual balances factored in, using the As a Bahá'í, I need to compute Huqúqu'lláh whenever I acquire assets. It is similar to tithing for Jews and Christians, or to Zakát for -Muslims. The epost details of computing Huqúqu'lláh are somewhat +Muslims. The exact details of computing Huqúqu'lláh are somewhat complex, but if you have further interest, please consult the Web. Ledger makes this otherwise difficult law very easy. Just set up an @@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ And now the time spent has been turned into hard cash in the checking account. The advantage to using timeclock and invoicing to bill time is that -you will always know, by looking at the balance report, epostly how +you will always know, by looking at the balance report, exactly how much unbilled and unpaid time you've spent working for any particular client. |