On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote:
> After languishing for longer than I am happy to admit, I am getting back > into the manual. I have the same problem now that brought me to a dead > stop several months ago: the overall structure. > > Ledger is incredibly complex, and, frankly, I am at a loss on how to > really approach it correctly. Some parts of the current manual are > tutorial in nature, other parts are list of command options. They don't > flow together and it isn't even clear to me where I should look to find > anything in particular. So I beg you to give me some suggestions to help > break through this block. > I think two main sections would be good. One section would be the tutorial and "Keeping a journal with ledger" content, and the other section would be strictly reference, organized by subcommand. Global options before the subcommands, subcommand-specific options within their respective sections. Formatting and expressions probably deserve their own part of the reference section as well. > > Also, there are many, many entries in the lists of options/cmmands that > say FIX THIS ENTRY. Because I don't have a decent understanding of some of > the more arcane ones. If you see one that you understand please submit an > entry to me. > > -- > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > enderw88.wordpress.com >
