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@@ -107,4 +107,5 @@ all-clean: maintainer-clean
 		.libs build AUTHORS COPYING INSTALL Makefile acconf.h \
 		acconf.h.in aclocal.m4 autom4te config.guess config.sub \
 		configure depcomp install-sh libtool ltconfig ltmain.sh \
-		missing stamp texinfo.tex Makefile.in mkinstalldirs
+		missing stamp texinfo.tex Makefile.in mkinstalldirs \
+		elisp-comp

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 			     Ledger NEWS
 
 * 2.5
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
 
 - Entries that contain a single transaction with no amount now always
   balance, even if multiple commodities are involved.  This means that
-  the following is now supported which wasn't previously:
+  the following is now supported, which wasn't previously:
 
     2004/06/21 Adjustment
         Retirement          100 FUNDA
@@ -127,25 +128,23 @@
 - Fixed several bugs relating to QIF parsing, budgeting and
   forecasting.
 
-- The configure process now looks for libexpat, in addition to
+- The configure process now looks for libexpat in addition to
-  searching for libxmlparse+libxmltok (which is how expat used to be
+  searching for libxmlparse+libxmltok (how expat used to be packaged).
-  packaged).
 
 * 2.3
 
 - The directive "!alias ALIAS = ACCOUNT" makes it possible to use
-  "ALIAS" as an alternate account name in a textual ledger file.
+  "ALIAS" as an alternative name for ACCOUNT in a textual ledger file.
+  You might use this to associate the single word "Bank" with the
+  checking account you use most, for example.
 
-- The --version page shows which optional modules ledger has been
+- The --version page shows the optional modules ledger was built with.
-  configured for.
 
 - Fixed several minor problems, plus a few major ones dealing with
   imprecise date parsing.
 
 * 2.2
 
-New features:
-
 - Ledger now compiles under gcc 2.95.
 
 - Fixed several core engine bugs, and problems with Ledger's XML data
@@ -229,12 +228,14 @@ New features:
 
 * 2.1
 
-Very few new features:
-
 - Improved the autoconf system to be smarter about finding XML libs
+
 - Added --no-cache option, to always ignore any binary cache file
+
 - `ledger-reconcile' (in ledger.el) no longer asks for a number of days
+
 - Fixed %.XY format, where X is shorter than the string generated by Y
+
 - New directive for text files: "D <COMM>" specifies the default commodity
   used by the entry command
 
@@ -242,11 +243,12 @@ Very few new features:
 
 This version represents a full rewrite, while preserving much of the
 original data format and command-line syntax.  There are too many new
-options to describe in full, but a quick list: value expressions,
+features to describe in full, but a quick list: value expressions,
-complex date masks, binary caching of ledger data, many new reporting
+complex date masks, binary caching of ledger data, several new
-options, a simple way to specify payee regexps, calculation and
+reporting options, a simple way to specify payee regexps, calculation
-display predicates, and two-way Python integration.  Ledger also uses
+and display predicates, and two-way Python integration.  Ledger also
-autoconf now, and builds as a library plus the command-line driver.
+uses autoconf now, and builds as a library in addition to a
+command-line driver.
 
 ** Differences from 1.7
 
@@ -399,20 +401,21 @@ autoconf now, and builds as a library plus the command-line driver.
 
 * 1.7
 
-- Pricing histories are now supported, so that ledger remembers
+- Pricing histories are now supported, so that ledger remembers the
-  historical pricing of all commodities, and can give register reports
+  historical prices of all commodities, and can present register
-  based on past and present market values as well as the original cost
+  reports based on past and present market values as well as original
-  basis.  See the manual for more details on the new option switches.
+  cost basis.  See the manual for more details on the new option
+  switches.
 
 * 1.6
 
-- Can now parse timeclock files.  These are simple timelogs that track
+- Ledger can now parse timeclock files.  These are simple timelogs
-  in/out events, which can be maintained using my timeclock tool.  By
+  that track in/out events, which can be maintained using my timeclock
-  allowing ledger to parse these, it means that reporting can be done
+  tool.  By allowing ledger to parse these, it means that reporting
-  on them in the same way as a ledger file (the commodities is "h",
+  can be done on them in the same way as ledger files (the commodity
-  for hours); and it means that doing things like tracking billable
+  used is "h", for hours); it means that doing things like tracking
-  hours for clients, and invoicing those clients to transfer those
+  billable hours for clients, and invoicing those clients to transfer
-  hours into a dollar value via a receivable account, is now trivial.
+  hours into dollar values via a receivable account, is now trivial.
   See the docs for more on how to do this.
 
 - Began keeping a NEWS file. :)