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diff --git a/doc/ledger.texi b/doc/ledger.texi index 0a0224dc..ac7bfc5f 100644 --- a/doc/ledger.texi +++ b/doc/ledger.texi @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. @end copying -@documentencoding utf-8 +@documentencoding UTF-8 @iftex @finalout @@ -122,27 +122,13 @@ general ledger you need to record a payment to Pacific Bell for your monthly phone bill. The cost is $23.00, let's say, and you want to pay it from your checking account. In the general ledger you need to say where the money came from, in addition to where it's going to. -The transaction might look like this: +Such a transaction might look like this: @smallexample -9/29 BAL Pacific Bell $-200.00 $-200.00 - Equity:Opening Balances $200.00 -9/29 BAL Checking $100.00 $100.00 - Equity:Opening Balances $-100.00 -9/29 100 Pacific Bell $23.00 $223.00 - Checking $-23.00 $77.00 +9/29 Pacific Bell $23.00 $23.00 + Checking $-23.00 0 @end smallexample -The first line shows a payment to Pacific Bell for $23.00. Because -there is no ``balance'' in a general ledger---it's always zero---we -write in the total balance of all payments to ``Pacific Bell'', which -now is $223.00 (previously the balance was $200.00). This is done by -looking at the last transaction for ``Pacific Bell'' in the ledger, adding -$23.00 to that amount, and writing the total in the balance column. -And the money came from ``Checking''---a withdrawal of $23.00---which -leaves the ending balance in ``Checking'' at $77.00. This is a very -manual procedure; but that's where computers come in... - The posting must balance to $0: $23 went to Pacific Bell, $23 came from Checking. There is nothing left over to be accounted for, since the money has simply moved from one account to another. This is the @@ -174,16 +160,8 @@ formatting as the ledger program wishes to see them: @smallexample 2004/09/29 Pacific Bell - Payable:Pacific Bell $-200.00 - Equity:Opening Balances - -2004/09/29 Checking - Accounts:Checking $100.00 - Equity:Opening Balances - -2004/09/29 Pacific Bell - Payable:Pacific Bell $23.00 - Accounts:Checking + Expenses:Pacific Bell $23.00 + Assets:Checking @end smallexample The account balances and registers in this file, if saved as @@ -503,8 +481,8 @@ and exits. This is useful for sending bug reports, to let the author know which version of ledger you are using. @option{--file FILE} (@option{-f FILE}) reads FILE as a ledger file. -This command may be used multiple times. FILE may also be a list of -file names separated by colons. Typically, the environment variable +This command may be used multiple times. +Typically, the environment variable @env{LEDGER_FILE} is set, rather than using this command-line option. @option{--output FILE} (@option{-o FILE}) redirects output from any @@ -514,11 +492,12 @@ output. @option{--init-file FILE} (@option{-i FILE}) causes FILE to be read by ledger before any other ledger file. This file may not contain any postings, but it may contain option settings. To specify options -in the init file, use the same syntax as the command-line. Here's an -example init file: +in the init file, use the same syntax as the command-line, but put each +option on it's own line. Here's an example init file: @smallexample --price-db ~/finance/.pricedb +--cache /tmp/ledger-cache ; ~/.ledgerrc ends here @end smallexample @@ -829,6 +808,8 @@ option settings in the file @file{~/.ledgerrc}, for example: @example --cache /tmp/.mycache +--pager /bin/cat + @end example @node Period expressions, Format strings, Options, Quick Reference |