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@ -3093,7 +3093,9 @@ See also <https://hledger.org/ledger.html> for a detailed hledger/Ledger syntax
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### Other cost/lot notations
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A slight digression for Ledger and Beancount users. Ledger has a number of cost/lot-related notations:
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A slight digression for Ledger and Beancount users.
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**Ledger** has a number of cost/lot-related notations:
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- `@ UNITCOST` and `@@ TOTALCOST`
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- expresses a conversion rate, as in hledger
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@ -3130,15 +3132,15 @@ Currently, hledger
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[ledger: lot dates]: https://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Lot-dates
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[ledger: lot notes]: https://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Lot-notes
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Beancount has different [notation][beancount: costs and prices] and [behaviour][beancount: how inventories work]:
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**Beancount** has different [notation][beancount: costs and prices] and [behaviour][beancount: how inventories work]:
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- `@ UNITCOST` and `@@ TOTALCOST`
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- expresses a cost without creating a lot, as in hledger
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- when buying (augmenting) or selling (reducing) a lot, combined with `{...}`: documents the cost/selling price (not used for transaction balancing)
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- when buying (acquiring) or selling (disposing of) a lot, combined with `{...}`: documents the cost/selling price (not used for transaction balancing)
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- `{UNITCOST}` and `{{{{TOTALCOST}}}}`
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- when buying (augmenting), expresses the cost for transaction balancing, and also creates a lot with this cost basis attached
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- when selling (reducing),
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- when buying, expresses the cost for transaction balancing, and also creates a lot with this cost basis attached
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- when selling,
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- selects a lot by its cost basis
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- raises an error if that lot is not present or can not be selected unambiguously (depending on booking method configured)
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- expresses the selling price for transaction balancing
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