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doc: manual: more flat/depth rewrites

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@ -1002,16 +1002,14 @@ A final total is displayed by default; use `--no-total` to suppress it.
##### Flat mode ##### Flat mode
To see a flat list of full account names instead of the default hierarchical display, use `--flat`. To see a flat list of full account names instead of the default hierarchical display, use `--flat`.
In this mode, each account's balance is the "exclusive" balance - it excludes subaccount balances - In this mode, accounts (unless depth-clipped) show their "exclusive" balance, excluding any subaccount balances.
except for any depth-limited accounts (see below), which do include the balance from any hidden subaccounts.
In this mode, you can also use `--drop N` to omit the first few account name components. In this mode, you can also use `--drop N` to omit the first few account name components.
##### Depth limiting ##### Depth limiting
With `--depth N`, balance shows accounts only to the specified depth. With `--depth N`, balance shows accounts only to the specified depth.
In flat mode, it also aggregates and summarises deeper accounts at the depth limit. This is very useful to show a complex charts of accounts in less detail.
This is very useful to summarise complex charts of accounts. In flat mode, balances from accounts below the depth limit will be shown as part of a parent account at the depth limit.
<!-- $ for y in 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010; do echo; echo $y; hledger -f $y.journal balance ^expenses --depth 2; done --> <!-- $ for y in 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010; do echo; echo $y; hledger -f $y.journal balance ^expenses --depth 2; done -->