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added details about using commodity names with whitespace and numerics

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Craig Earls 2011-11-14 18:53:14 -07:00 • committed by John Wiegley
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@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
@titlepage
@title Ledger: Command-Line Accounting
@subtitle For Version 3.0 of Ledger
@subtitle Draft Manual Time-stamp: <2011-11-14 18:45 (cpearls)>
@subtitle Draft Manual Time-stamp: <2011-11-14 18:52 (cpearls)>
@author John Wiegley
@end titlepage
@ -1706,10 +1706,26 @@ my wallet. The bottom line balances to zero, but is shown in two lines
since we haven't told ledger to convert commodities.
@menu
* Naming Commodities::
* Buying and Selling Stock::
@end menu
@node Buying and Selling Stock, , Currency and Commodities, Currency and Commodities
@node Naming Commodities, Buying and Selling Stock, Currency and Commodities, Currency and Commodities
@subsection Naming Commodities
Commodity names can have any character, including whitespace. However,
if you include whitespace or numeric characters the commodity name must
be enclosed in double quotes:
@smallexample
1999/06/09 ! Achat
Actif:SG PEE STK 49.957 "Arcancia Equilibre 454"
Actif:SG PEE STK $-234.90
2000/12/08 ! Achat
Actif:SG PEE STK 215.796 "Arcancia Equilibre 455"
Actif:SG PEE STK $-10742.54
@end smallexample
@node Buying and Selling Stock, , Naming Commodities, Currency and Commodities
@subsection Buying and Selling Stock
@cindex buying stock