From 91aef62c29ad57433fc9e6d6642172c06b57fa7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:36:46 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] ;doc: virtual postings: edit --- hledger/hledger.m4.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md index d71e1614f..3685b5cd6 100644 --- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md +++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md @@ -2771,8 +2771,8 @@ hledger ignores these. ### Virtual postings -A posting with parentheses around the account name (`(some:account)`) is called a *unbalanced virtual posting*. -Such postings do not participate in transaction balancing. +A posting with parentheses around the account name, like `(some:account) 10`, is called an *unbalanced virtual posting*. +These postings do not participate in transaction balancing. (And if you write them without an amount, a zero amount is always inferred.) These can occasionally be convenient for special circumstances, but they violate double entry bookkeeping and make your data less portable across applications,