From aa5bca04d3416af6a56c0e18df06a1746ad3e37b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:36:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ;doc: box-drawing: edits --- hledger/hledger.m4.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md index 2c4646493..1020e80fe 100644 --- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md +++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md @@ -683,12 +683,11 @@ In terminal output, some commands can produce colour when the terminal supports ## Box-drawing -In terminal output, by default or with `--pretty=no`, -only ascii characters are used for drawing table borders. +In terminal (text) output, to minimise the risk of display problems for new users, +table borders are drawn using only ascii characters. -With `--pretty` or `--pretty=yes`, unicode box-drawing characters are used instead. -Also, tables will have outer borders and inter-column borders. -To minimise the risk of display problems for new users, we don't enable this by default. +Add `--pretty` or `--pretty=yes` to draw tables with prettier unicode box-drawing characters. +In pretty mode, tables will also have outer borders and inter-column borders. ## Paging