From 2c5ec941f54400d8b2f383ef150a9d895165357e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:09:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] nother docs tweak --- MANUAL.md | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md index 410f1fccf..98767cf63 100644 --- a/MANUAL.md +++ b/MANUAL.md @@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ Included files are also affected, eg: ### Account aliases You can define account aliases to rewrite certain account names (and their subaccounts). -The format is `alias ORIG = ALIAS`, where ORIG and ALIAS are full account names. +This tends to be a little more reliable than post-processing with sed or similar. +The directive is `alias ORIG = ALIAS`, where ORIG and ALIAS are full account names. To forget all aliases defined to this point, use `end aliases`. Here's an example: say a sole proprietor has a personal.journal: @@ -488,10 +489,6 @@ Command-line alias options are applied after any alias directives in the journal. At most one alias directive and one alias option will be applied to each account name. -Aliases tend to be a little more reliable than post-processing with sed or -similar, as they know about account name syntax, posting type indicators -etc. - ## Core commands These commands are provided by the main hledger package and are always