From 69da28d9b9a0fa4106dda38d68a86b533bd0c42f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:10:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: more manual changes from wiki --- doc/MANUAL.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/MANUAL.md b/doc/MANUAL.md index 5da5dd78d..89b955731 100644 --- a/doc/MANUAL.md +++ b/doc/MANUAL.md @@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ General flags: -E --empty show empty/zero things which are normally omitted -B --cost show amounts in their cost price's commodity -h --help show general help or (after command) command help - --debug[=N] show debug output (increase N for more) + --debug=N show debug output if N is 1-9 (default: 0) --version show version information ``` @@ -992,9 +992,7 @@ of the postings which would normally be shown. The `--width`/`-w` option adjusts the width of the output. By default, this is 80 characters. To allow more space for descriptions and account -names, use `-w` to increase the width to 120 characters, or `-wN` to set -any desired width (at least 50 recommended). -Note, currently -w/--width can not have a space between flag and value ([#149](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/149)). +names, use `-w N` to increase the width to N characters (the argument is required). With a [reporting interval](#reporting-interval) register shows aggregated summary postings, within each interval: @@ -1323,7 +1321,7 @@ Examples: $ hledger-web $ hledger-web -E -B --depth 2 -f some.journal - $ hledger-web --server --port 5010 --base-url http://some.vhost.com --debug + $ hledger-web --server --port 5010 --base-url http://some.vhost.com --debug=1 \\ \\ @@ -1435,8 +1433,8 @@ preceding them. Eg hledger-web's `--server` flag must be used like so: ### -w/--width and --debug options must be written without whitespace Up to hledger 0.23, these optional-value flags [[https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/149|did not work]] with whitespace between the flag and value. -Good: `--debug=2`, `-w100`. Bad: `--debug 2`, `-w 100`. -(From 0.24, the value is required.) +IE these worked: `--debug`, `-w`, `--debug=2`, `-w100`, but these did not: `--debug 2`, `-w 100`. +From 0.24, a value is required and the whitespace does not matter. ### Not all of Ledger's journal file syntax is supported