From 1f5ceb0db50df9ad0f9048ee02ad749507cbd737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Wiegley Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:08:07 -0400 Subject: Added beginning draft of manual for 3.0 This is being kept in Scrivener format, for ease of writing. --- doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd/TXT.rtf | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd/TXT.rtf (limited to 'doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd') diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd/TXT.rtf new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50195aad --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Ledger.scriv/205.rtfd/TXT.rtf @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +{\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 Everything begins with a journal file---the anatomy of which is covered\ +in detail in chapter one. To review: a @emph\{journal\} contains one or\ +more @emph\{transactions\}, each of which refers to two or more\ +@emph\{postings\}. A @emph\{posting\} specifies that a given\ +@emph\{amount\} is added to, or subtracted from, an @emph\{account\}.\ +(@emph\{Accounts\} may be nested hierarchically by separating the elements\ +using a colon). Lastly, an @emph\{amount\} is a figure representing a\ +given @emph\{quantity\} of a @emph\{commodity\}. Here follows a review of\ +these terms, which are all used extensively throughout this chapter:\ +\ +@table @emph\ +@item journal\ +A journal is a data file containing a series of transactions.\ +\ +@item transaction\ +a transaction relates a group of two or more postings, with the absolute\ +constraint that the total sum of a transaction's postings must equal\ +zero. That is, every transaction in a journal must @emph\{balance\} to zero.\ +\ +@item posting\ +Postings record how commodities are moved between accounts. If you\ +spent money on a movie ticket, for example, such a transaction would have two\ +postings: One to show how the money was taken from your wallet, and\ +another to show how it was applied to your movie expenses.\ +\ +@item account\ +An account \ +\ +@item amount\ +\ +@item quantity\ +\ +@item commodity\ +@end table} \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3