=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/pta/pta-journal.5,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -p -r1.1 -r1.2 --- pta/pta-journal.5 2020/09/27 14:35:34 1.1 +++ pta/pta-journal.5 2020/09/27 15:36:43 1.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: pta-journal.5,v 1.1 2020/09/27 14:35:34 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: pta-journal.5,v 1.2 2020/09/27 15:36:43 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2020 Ingo Schwarze .\" @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pta-journal -.Nd main input file format for the plain text accounting program +.Nd main input file format for plain text accounting .Sh DESCRIPTION The file .Pa journal.txt @@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ a decimal point, and again one or more digits. A text string that can include space characters. .El .Pp -If the text starts with as string enclosed in +If the text contains a string enclosed in .Bq square brackets , the enclosed string is used as the name of a .Em cost center . .Pp -If the text starts with as string enclosed in +If the text contains a string enclosed in .Pq parentheses , the enclosed string is used as the name of a .Em subaccount , @@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ In the unusual case that both the debit and the credit revenue or expense account, using the split notation described below is recommended to disambiguate which account the subaccount name applies to. -.Pp -If both a cost center and a subaccount are given on the same line, -the cost center is expected to precede the subaccount. .Ss Split journal entries All transactions can be represented by using only elementary .Em journal entries