From 09a6f7933479c80537710c6480b600ecf8687d08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:06:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: small cleanups to file format faq --- doc/site/faq.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/site/faq.md b/doc/site/faq.md index a11745f2a..97feec6a9 100644 --- a/doc/site/faq.md +++ b/doc/site/faq.md @@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ Perhaps some day hledger or something like it would use this as its foundation. hledger's file format is mostly identical with ledger's, by design. Generally, it's easy to keep a journal file that works with both hledger -and ledger if you avoid ledger's most specialised syntax. +and ledger if you avoid ledger's and hledger's more specialised syntax +(or keep it in separate files which you include only when appropriate). + Some ledger syntax is parsed but ignored (such as [automated transactions](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Automated-Transactions), [periodic transactions](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Periodic-Transactions), and [historical prices](manual.html#historical-prices)). Some features are not currently parsed and will cause an error, eg ledger's more recent top-level directives. There can also be subtle -differences in parser behaviour, eg [hledger comments](manual.html#comments) vs [ledger comments](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Commenting-on-your-Journal). +differences in parser behaviour, such as with +[hledger comments](manual.html#comments) vs [ledger comments](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Commenting-on-your-Journal), +or [balance assertions](manual.html#assertions-and-ordering). ### Feature differences ?