From 2916b12651fe34a3f2aeaf180f8f0108df0dcaa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:24:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ;doc: mention --pretty's new border-enabling behaviour --- hledger/hledger.m4.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md index cc6e5353d..2c4646493 100644 --- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md +++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md @@ -683,12 +683,12 @@ In terminal output, some commands can produce colour when the terminal supports ## Box-drawing -In terminal output, you can enable unicode box-drawing characters to -render prettier tables: +In terminal output, by default or with `--pretty=no`, +only ascii characters are used for drawing table borders. -- if the `--pretty` option is given a value of `yes` or `always` - (or `no` or `never`), unicode characters will (or will not) be used; -- otherwise, unicode characters will not be used. +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. ## Paging