docs: journal: account: update directives intro

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Simon Michael 2018-10-11 15:53:06 -07:00
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| directive | end directive | subdirectives | purpose | can affect (as of 2018/06)
|:------------------|:--------------------|:----------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------
| [`account`] | | any text | declare an account name & optional account code | account code: balance reports (except `balance` single-column mode) <!-- all entries in all files -->
| [`account`] | | any text | document account names, declare account types & display order | all entries in all files, before or after
| [`alias`] | `end aliases` | | rewrite account names | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive
| [`apply account`] | `end apply account` | | prepend a common parent to account names | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive
| [`comment`] | `end comment` | | ignore part of journal | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive
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| subdirective | optional indented directive or unparsed text lines immediately following a parent directive
| account code | numeric code influencing account display order in most balance reports
| subdirective | optional indented directive line immediately following a parent directive
| number notation | how to interpret numbers when parsing journal entries (the identity of the decimal separator character). (Currently each commodity can have its own notation, even in the same file.)
| display style | how to display amounts of a commodity in reports (symbol side and spacing, digit groups, decimal separator, decimal places)
| directive scope | which entries and (when there are multiple files) which files are affected by a directive