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@ -332,6 +332,13 @@ good for (eg) tracking foreign currency expenses, but not for tracking
investments with fluctuating value and capital gains. investments with fluctuating value and capital gains.
Miscellaneous Tips
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- when writing a negative amount with a left-side currency symbol, the minus goes after the symbol. Eg ``$-1`` not ``-$1``
- when combining desc: and not: in a filter pattern, not: goes last. Eg ``desc:not:...`` not ``not:desc:...``.
Differences from c++ ledger Differences from c++ ledger
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@ -405,20 +412,14 @@ entries, and the following options and commands::
Other differences Other differences
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* hledger calls the "note" field "description"
* hledger recognises description and negative patterns by "desc:" and "not:" prefixes, * hledger recognises description and negative patterns by "desc:" and "not:" prefixes,
unlike ledger 3's free-form parser unlike ledger 3's free-form parser
* hledger keeps differently-priced amounts of the same commodity separate * hledger doesn't require a space before command-line option values, you can write -f-
* hledger doesn't require a space before command-line option values, eg: -f-
* hledger's weekly reporting intervals always start on mondays * hledger's weekly reporting intervals always start on mondays
* hledger shows start and end dates of the intervals requested, not just the span containing data * hledger shows start and end dates of the intervals requested, not just the span containing data
* hledger period expressions don't support "biweekly", "bimonthly", or "every N days/weeks/..." * hledger period expressions don't support "biweekly", "bimonthly", or "every N days/weeks/..."
* hledger always shows timelog balances in hours * hledger always shows timelog balances in hours
* hledger splits multi-day timelog sessions at midnight * hledger splits multi-day timelog sessions at midnight
* hledger register report always sorts transactions by date
* hledger doesn't show description comments as part of the description
* hledger print puts a blank line after a transaction, not before it
* hledger doesn't print trailing spaces after amount-elided postings
* hledger doesn't track the value of commodities with varying price; * hledger doesn't track the value of commodities with varying price;
prices are fixed as of the transaction date prices are fixed as of the transaction date