From 5913f688ad6887d54cd7ac4239c398cb0aaada1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:04:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: note lack of thousands separator/decimal point i18n --- MANUAL.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/MANUAL.markdown b/MANUAL.markdown index e87564d54..8ba075439 100644 --- a/MANUAL.markdown +++ b/MANUAL.markdown @@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ usually an amount. This is a number, optionally with a currency symbol or commodity name on either the left or right. Commodity names which contain more than just letters should be enclosed in double quotes. Negative amounts usually have the minus sign next to the number (`$-1`), but it may -also go before a currency symbol (`-$1`). +also go before a currency symbol/commodity name (`-$1`). The number may +optionally have thousands separators. Currently, thousands separators must +be `,` (comma) and the decimal point must be `.` (period). hledger's file format aims to be compatible with c++ ledger, so you can use both tools on your journal. For more details, see [File format