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docs: describe price support in hledger

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@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ Feature overview
This version of hledger mimics a subset of ledger 3.x, and adds some This version of hledger mimics a subset of ledger 3.x, and adds some
features of its own. We currently support regular ledger entries, timelog features of its own. We currently support regular ledger entries, timelog
entries, multiple commodities, virtual transactions, account and entries, multiple commodities, price history for fixed-conversion-rate
description filtering, and these commands and options:: transactions, account and description filtering, virtual postings, and
these commands and options::
Commands: Commands:
balance [REGEXP]... show balance totals for matching accounts balance [REGEXP]... show balance totals for matching accounts
@ -309,6 +310,28 @@ Note the use of >= here to include the first of the month::
hledger register -d "d>=[this month]" hledger register -d "d>=[this month]"
Pricing
.............
As in c++ ledger, you can specify the conversion rate or unit price for a
posting by appending " @ RATE" to the amount, where RATE is another amount
in a different commodity. Eg, one hundred euros purchased at $1.35 per
euro::
expenses:foreign currency €100 @ $1.35
Alternatively, you can add "P" historical price records to declare a
commodity's unit price (rate) as of a particular date. Eg, on this date
the exchange rate for 1 us dollar was 12.8 mexican pesos::
P 2009/11/25 $ 12.8418 MXN
and the above price will apply to all dollar transactions made on or after
that date (until a more recent price record is found.) Note, unlike c++
ledger the rate is considered fixed as of the transaction date; this is
good for (eg) tracking foreign currency expenses, but not for tracking
investments with fluctuating value and capital gains.
Differences from c++ ledger Differences from c++ ledger
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@ -396,6 +419,8 @@ Other differences
* hledger doesn't show description comments as part of the description * hledger doesn't show description comments as part of the description
* hledger print puts a blank line after a transaction, not before it * 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 print trailing spaces after amount-elided postings
* hledger doesn't track the value of commodities with varying price;
prices are fixed as of the transaction date
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