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NAME
       hledger-ui - curses-style interface for the hledger accounting tool

SYNOPSIS
       hledger-ui [OPTIONS] [QUERYARGS]
       hledger ui -- [OPTIONS] [QUERYARGS]

DESCRIPTION
       hledger  is  a  cross-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
       other commodity, using double-entry accounting and a  simple,  editable
       file  format.   hledger  is  inspired  by  and  largely compatible with
       ledger(1).

       hledger-ui is hledger's curses-style interface, providing an  efficient
       full-window  text  UI  for  viewing accounts and transactions, and some
       limited data entry  capability.   It  is  easier  than  hledger's  com-
       mand-line interface, and sometimes quicker and more convenient than the
       web interface.

       Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger  journal,
       timeclock,  timedot,  or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE,
       or       $HOME/.hledger.journal       (on       windows,        perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).   For  more about this see hledger(1),
       hledger_journal(5) etc.

OPTIONS
       Note: if invoking hledger-ui as a hledger subcommand, write  --  before
       options as shown above.

       Any  QUERYARGS  are interpreted as a hledger search query which filters
       the data.

       --flat show full account names, unindented

       --register=ACCTREGEX
              start in the (first) matched account's register screen

       --theme=default|terminal|greenterm
              use this custom display theme

       -V --value
              show amounts as their current market value in their default val-
              uation commodity (accounts screen only)

       hledger general options:

       -h     show general usage (or after COMMAND, the command's usage)

       --help show  the  current  program's  manual as plain text (or after an
              add-on COMMAND, the add-on's manual)

       --man  show the current program's manual with man

       --info show the current program's manual with info

       --version
              show version

       --debug[=N]
              show debug output (levels 1-9, default: 1)

       -f FILE --file=FILE
              use a different input file.  For stdin, use -

       --rules-file=RULESFILE
              Conversion  rules  file  to  use  when  reading  CSV   (default:
              FILE.rules)

       --alias=OLD=NEW
              display accounts named OLD as NEW

       -I --ignore-assertions
              ignore any failing balance assertions in the journal

       hledger reporting options:

       -b --begin=DATE
              include postings/txns on or after this date

       -e --end=DATE
              include postings/txns before this date

       -D --daily
              multiperiod/multicolumn report by day

       -W --weekly
              multiperiod/multicolumn report by week

       -M --monthly
              multiperiod/multicolumn report by month

       -Q --quarterly
              multiperiod/multicolumn report by quarter

       -Y --yearly
              multiperiod/multicolumn report by year

       -p --period=PERIODEXP
              set  start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
              (overrides the flags above)

       --date2
              show, and match with -b/-e/-p/date:, secondary dates instead

       -C --cleared
              include only cleared postings/txns

       --pending
              include only pending postings/txns

       -U --uncleared
              include only uncleared (and pending) postings/txns

       -R --real
              include only non-virtual postings

       --depth=N
              hide accounts/postings deeper than N

       -E --empty
              show items with zero amount, normally hidden

       -B --cost
              show amounts in their cost price's commodity

       --pivot TAG
              will transform  the  journal  before  any  other  processing  by
              replacing  the  account name of every posting having the tag TAG
              with content VALUE by the account name "TAG:VALUE".
       The TAG will only match if it is a full-length match.  The  pivot  will
       only  happen  if  the TAG is on a posting, not if it is on the transac-
       tion.  If the tag value is a multi:level:account:name the  new  account
       name will be "TAG:multi:level:account:name".

KEYS
       ?  shows a help dialog listing all keys.  (Some of these also appear in
       the quick help at the bottom of each screen.) Press ? again (or ESCAPE,
       or LEFT) to close it.  The following keys work on most screens:

       The cursor keys navigate: right (or enter) goes deeper, left returns to
       the previous screen,  up/down/page up/page down/home/end  move  up  and
       down through lists.  Vi-style h/j/k/l movement keys are also supported.
       A tip: movement speed is limited by your keyboard repeat rate, to  move
       faster  you  may want to adjust it.  (If you're on a mac, the Karabiner
       app is one way to do that.)

       With shift pressed, the cursor keys adjust the report period,  limiting
       the   transactions   to   be   shown   (by  default,  all  are  shown).
       shift-down/up steps downward and upward through these  standard  report
       period   durations:   year,   quarter,   month,   week,   day.    Then,
       shift-left/right moves to the previous/next period.  t sets the  report
       period  to  today.   (To set a non-standard period, you can use / and a
       date: query).

       / lets you set a general filter query limiting the  data  shown,  using
       the  same query terms as in hledger and hledger-web.  While editing the
       query, you can use CTRL-a/e/d/k, BS, cursor keys; press  ENTER  to  set
       it, or ESCAPEto cancel.  There are also keys for quickly adjusting some
       common filters like account depth and  cleared/uncleared  (see  below).
       BACKSPACE or DELETE removes all filters, showing all transactions.

       ESCAPE  removes  all  filters and jumps back to the top screen.  Or, it
       cancels a minibuffer edit or help dialog in progress.

       g reloads from the data file(s) and updates the current screen and  any
       previous  screens.   (With  large  files, this could cause a noticeable
       pause.)

       I toggles balance assertion  checking.   Disabling  balance  assertions
       temporarily can be useful for troubleshooting.

       a  runs  command-line  hledger's  add  command, and reloads the updated
       file.  This allows some basic data entry.

       E  runs  $HLEDGER_UI_EDITOR,  or   $EDITOR,   or   a   default   (emac-
       sclient -a "" -nw) on the journal file.  With some editors (emacs, vi),
       the cursor will be positioned at the current transaction  when  invoked
       from  the  register  and transaction screens, and at the error location
       (if possible) when invoked from the error screen.

       q quits the application.

       Additional screen-specific keys are described below.

SCREENS
   Accounts screen
       This is normally the first screen displayed.   It  lists  accounts  and
       their  balances,  like hledger's balance command.  By default, it shows
       all accounts and their latest ending balances (including  the  balances
       of  subaccounts).  if you specify a query on the command line, it shows
       just the matched accounts and the balances from matched transactions.

       Account names are normally indented to show the hierarchy (tree  mode).
       To see less detail, set a depth limit by pressing a number key, 1 to 9.
       0 shows even less detail, collapsing all accounts to a single total.  -
       and  +  (or  =)  decrease  and increase the depth limit.  To remove the
       depth limit, set it higher than the maximum  account  depth,  or  press
       ESCAPE.

       F  toggles  flat mode, in which accounts are shown as a flat list, with
       their full names.  In this mode, account balances exclude  subaccounts,
       except  for accounts at the depth limit (as with hledger's balance com-
       mand).

       H toggles between showing historical balances or period balances.  His-
       torical  balances  (the  default) are ending balances at the end of the
       report period, taking into account all transactions  before  that  date
       (filtered  by  the  filter query if any), including transactions before
       the start of the report period.  In other  words,  historical  balances
       are  what  you  would  see on a bank statement for that account (unless
       disturbed by a filter  query).   Period  balances  ignore  transactions
       before the report start date, so they show the change in balance during
       the report period.  They are more useful eg when viewing a time log.

       C toggles cleared mode, in which uncleared  transactions  and  postings
       are  not  shown.   U  toggles  uncleared  mode, in which only uncleared
       transactions/postings are shown.

       R toggles real mode, in which virtual postings are ignored.

       Z toggles nonzero mode, in which only accounts  with  nonzero  balances
       are  shown (hledger-ui shows zero items by default, unlike command-line
       hledger).

       Press right or enter to view an account's transactions register.

   Register screen
       This screen shows the transactions affecting a particular account, like
       a check register.  Each line represents one transaction and shows:

       o the  other  account(s)  involved, in abbreviated form.  (If there are
         both real and virtual postings, it shows only the  accounts  affected
         by real postings.)

       o the  overall change to the current account's balance; positive for an
         inflow to this account, negative for an outflow.

       o the running historical total or period total for the current account,
         after  the  transaction.  This can be toggled with H.  Similar to the
         accounts screen, the historical total  is  affected  by  transactions
         (filtered  by  the  filter query) before the report start date, while
         the period total is not.  If the historical total is not disturbed by
         a  filter  query, it will be the running historical balance you would
         see on a bank register for the current account.

       If the accounts screen was in  tree  mode,  the  register  screen  will
       include transactions from both the current account and its subaccounts.
       If the accounts screen  was  in  flat  mode,  and  a  non-depth-clipped
       account  was  selected,  the  register screen will exclude transactions
       from subaccounts.  In other words, the register always shows the trans-
       actions  responsible  for  the  period  balance  shown  on the accounts
       screen.  As on the accounts screen, this can be toggled with F.

       C toggles cleared mode, in which uncleared  transactions  and  postings
       are  not  shown.   U  toggles  uncleared  mode, in which only uncleared
       transactions/postings are shown.

       R toggles real mode, in which virtual postings are ignored.

       Z toggles nonzero mode, in which only transactions  posting  a  nonzero
       change  are  shown (hledger-ui shows zero items by default, unlike com-
       mand-line hledger).

       Press right (or enter) to view the selected transaction in detail.

   Transaction screen
       This screen shows a single transaction, as  a  general  journal  entry,
       similar  to  hledger's  print command and journal format (hledger_jour-
       nal(5)).

       The transaction's date(s)  and  any  cleared  flag,  transaction  code,
       description,  comments,  along  with  all  of  its account postings are
       shown.  Simple transactions have two postings, but there  can  be  more
       (or in certain cases, fewer).

       up  and  down will step through all transactions listed in the previous
       account register screen.  In the title bar, the numbers in  parentheses
       show  your  position  within  that  account  register.   They will vary
       depending on which account register you came from (remember most trans-
       actions appear in multiple account registers).  The #N number preceding
       them is the transaction's position within the complete unfiltered jour-
       nal, which is a more stable id (at least until the next reload).

   Error screen
       This  screen  will appear if there is a problem, such as a parse error,
       when you press g to reload.  Once you have fixed the problem,  press  g
       again to reload and resume normal operation.  (Or, you can press escape
       to cancel the reload attempt.)

ENVIRONMENT
       COLUMNS The screen width to use.  Default: the full terminal width.

       LEDGER_FILE The journal file path when not specified with -f.  Default:
       ~/.hledger.journal  (on  windows,  perhaps C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
       nal).

FILES
       Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock,  time-
       dot,   or   CSV   format   specified   with  -f,  or  $LEDGER_FILE,  or
       $HOME/.hledger.journal          (on          windows,           perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).

BUGS
       The  need  to precede options with -- when invoked from hledger is awk-
       ward.

       -f- doesn't work (hledger-ui can't read from stdin).

       -V affects only the accounts screen.

       When you press g, the current and all previous screens are regenerated,
       which may cause a noticeable pause.  Also there is no visual indication
       that this is in progress.

       The register screen's switching between historic  balance  and  running
       total based on query arguments may be confusing, and there is no column
       heading to indicate which is being displayed.



REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC  channel
       or hledger mail list)


AUTHORS
       Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Simon Michael.
       Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.


SEE ALSO
       hledger(1),      hledger-ui(1),     hledger-web(1),     hledger-api(1),
       hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
       dot(5), ledger(1)

       http://hledger.org



hledger-ui 0.28dev                 May 2016                      hledger-ui(1)
