On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Mike Charlton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm also a newbie here. Having re-read the manual many times, I believe > it is quite complete. Personally, what I had problems with was > understanding the context in which something was important. Sometimes I > would unconsciously think "Oh, that has nothing to do with what I'm doing" > and skip over it. This would cause me to swear that the information was > not in the manual at all :-) On re-reading, I would discover it and curse > myself. > Very true. When one knows - - - lots of things are easy. When one doesn't - - - - some things are not so easy! > > Some tutorials on more complex topics would really make it easier to put a > context to a feature. A good example is: > http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Lot-value-expressions I can > not understand any situation in which > > define ten_dollars(s, date, t) = market($10, date, t) > > 2012-04-10 My Broker > Assets:Brokerage:Cash $375.00 > Assets:Brokerage -5 AAPL {$50.00} ((ten_dollars)) @@ $375.00 > Income:Capital Gains $-125.00 > > was appropriate. (BTW, I can't get the lambda syntax to work... I'm not > sure if it is a bug in the documentation or the code). > Not sure what lambda syntax is so I'm not following. > > Of course, winging about lack of documentation is not helpful :-) > I have come to believe that documentation written largely for those that already know is a standard *nix feature. In my opinion one of the greatest obstacles to greater use and involvement by non 'experts'. Dee -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
