I just checked.  I do have some very long format strings in my .ledgerrc,
but I just keep them on the same line and let them wrap.

Ledger doesn't use the shell to interpret rc files.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote:

> I will be home ina few hours. Icancheck then. Pretty sure i do exacy what
> you are asking about.
>
>
> On Sunday, June 28, 2015, Lifepillar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've tried that, but it doesn't work, at least for format options. More
>> specifically, the option's value ends at the \, and the next line is
>> ignored (if does not start with spaces) or produces an error (if it has
>> leading spaces). Quoting doesn't help either, because (single and double)
>> quotes are interpreted literally.
>>
>> L.
>>
>> On 2015-06-28 16:18:12 +0000, Craig Earls said:
>>
>>  Backslash \
>>>
>>> On Sunday, June 28, 2015, Lifepillar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> is it possible to split a long option into multiple lines in .ledgerrc?
>>> For example, instead of this:
>>>
>>> --balance-format <here goes a very long format string>
>>>
>>> I'd like to have this:
>>>
>>> --balance-format <here goes
>>>  a very long
>>>  format string>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Life
>>>
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