From 96eb5fe19fcbe46ca5fb9cf06c9460e226b5dcd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Enrico Lamperti <910672+elamperti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 03:06:55 -0300
Subject: Add note regarding $account under --strict or --pedantic modes

This change adds a warning in the documentation for users using
automated transactions with `--strict` or `--pedantic`, as ledger
will throw an error when `$account` is not defined explicitly
(see #545).
---
 doc/ledger3.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index f5446cf5..6a39c963 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -3889,6 +3889,12 @@ Becomes:
     Assets:Cash                 $-20.00
 @end smallexample
 
+Keep in mind that if you are using @option{--strict} or @option{--pedantic} you will have to explicitly define an account @samp{$account} to avoid errors.
+
+@smallexample @c input:validate
+account $account
+@end smallexample
+
 @node Applying metadata to every matched posting, Applying metadata to the generated posting, Referring to the matching posting's account, Automated Transactions
 @subsection Applying metadata to every matched posting
 
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