Re: n00b automated transactions

>>>>> Craig Earls <enderw88-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@...> writes:

> Try:
> = /^Assets:Credit Union:Joint Checking/
>   (Liabilities:Tithe Owed)                      (-0.1*amount)
> = /Tithe/
>   (Liabilities:Tithe Owed)                      -1.000

Isn't "(-0.1*amount)" the same thing as just using -0.1?

John

Using ledger in emacs shell

Hi,
I use emacs to keep my ledger and before upgrading to 3.0 after
executing 'emacs $LEDGER' and pressing "C-x 3 C-x o M-x shell RET C-x
o" I get a nice layout where I can modify ledger file on the left pane
and run commands in the right pane.

However after upgrading ledger does not work in primitive terminal —
http://yfrog.com/obkh7kp
I've read manual searching for some command line option to simplify
output, but with no luck. Probably I am missing something?

Highlight accounts with spaces in Emacs

Hi,
I have recently upgraded to ledger 3.0 and found that highlight of
account names with spaces is broken. I took a look at git repo and
found that there's a change set fixing exactly the same problem in
2009 – https://github.com/jwiegley/ledger/commit/8834fc0c15a53b8db8c2aaee95d2b25a050fe786

However the change set above adresses file ldg-mode.el, not ledger.el,
I guess something has been changed with packaging. Anyway I just
reapplied this patch to ledger.el locally and problem is fixed.

questions regarding draft (entry/xact)

I'm using $ ledger --version
Ledger 3.0.0-20110325, the command-line accounting tool

Built from homebrew using --HEAD and I have a couple of questions
regarding the entry/xact command.

1) The ledger.1 man page lists a command called draft, but as far as I
can tell it doesn't exist. I can understand the man page being behind
the code, but is the man page ahead of the code or just wrong?

2) When using the entry command is there an easy way to specify that
the transaction occurred yesterday or the day before. I imagine
something like
$ledger entry t-1 Blah groceries '$3.41'
would give something like (today is 2012/01/26)
2012/01/25 Blah
    Expenses:Dining:Groceries                $3.41
    Liabilities:CC:Amex

and t-2 would give the same entry but with the date of 2012/01/24.

Thanks,
David

PS, how do I determine what the git sha version string this ledger was
built from is?

n00b automated transactions

Hello,

i just got started on Ledger and i am trying to figure out to solve
this problem and i can't figure out anything from the docs. This is an
example from the docs

2011/09/15 * Deposit Acme Bytepumps Monthly Paycheck
Income:Taxable:Acme Bytepumps Inc. $-2500.00
Assets:Brokerage:Checking $175.00
Assets:Investments:401K Deferred $250.00
Expenses:Tax:Medicare $36.25
Expenses:Tax:Federal Tax $200.00
Expenses:Tax:State Tax $20.00
Expenses:Insurance:Life $18.75
Assets:Credit Union:Joint Checking

is there a way i could say automatically compute say Tithe of the last
line ie: 'Assets:Credit Union:Joint Checking'

thank, Nic

Download Github Receipt and add ledger entry script

Ledger Documentation Available

I have placed a copy of the latest build of the ledger documentation
on my wordpress site.

http://enderw88.wordpress.com/ledger-documentation/

John Wiegly has not verified this, so any mistakes, errors, omissions
or other random defects are purely my responsibility.

There are still significant portions that need to be updated.

Comments are encouraged.

--

-- 
Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ
enderw88.wordpress.com

Tagging entries from an included file

I would like to track separate employees each in their own ledger file
and then roll them all together using !include statements in the
company file.  Each employee file would have accounts for liabilities,
income, expense, etc.  I know there is an !account directive to put
all the included entries into it's own account, Sue, for example, but
then I would end up with a Liabilities account, a Sue:Liabilities
account, etc.  Reports would be a nightmare.

Much better would be to automatically tag all entries read in from a
particular file with an "Employee: Sue" tag.  I can then slice the
company report any way I choose using these tags or ignoring them
entirely.  Easiest would be a !tag directive similar to !account, but
lacking that, can something like this be done using automatic
transactions, !alias (which is not documented as near as I can tell)
or something similar?

periodic reports for expense category groups

[site] html version of ledger man page improved

At http://ledger-cli.org -> Documentation -> Ledger 3.0 -> man page
(http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger.1.html), searching for options
often failed (at least in Chrome) because hyphens were being rendered as
− . This is now fixed, so you can search for -B, -V, -X etc. Also
note the "index" link which leads to bookmarkable section links, which
should be handy. All we need now is someone to flesh out the man page.