;examples: shared finances

examples/shared-finances/README.md

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+An example of tracking shared household expenses and also a shared asset (bank account),
+from https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/shared-expenses-with-shared-assets/242/4
+
+> if I really wanted both my and household transactions in one journal, I might do:
+
+me+household.journal
+
+> Or, I'd go the extra step and split the files:
+
+me.journal
+household.journal
+
+> Or, if I needed easier reports from household's point of view, I could record expenses:
+
+me.journal
+household2.journal

examples/shared-finances/household.journal

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+# household.journal
+
+2024-01-01 me contribution
+    equity:me                                   -100.00 EUR
+    assets:bank                                  100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-01 partner contribution
+    equity:partner                              -100.00 EUR
+    assets:bank                                  100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-02 pay shared bill
+    assets:bank                                 -100.00 EUR
+    equity:me                                     50.00 EUR
+    equity:partner                                50.00 EUR
+

examples/shared-finances/household2.journal

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+# household2.journal, tracking expense categories
+
+2024-01-01 me contribution
+    equity:me                       -100.00 EUR
+    assets:bank                      100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-01 partner contribution
+    equity:partner                  -100.00 EUR
+    assets:bank                      100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-02 pay shared bill
+    assets:bank                     -100.00 EUR
+    expenses:foo                     100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-31 retain earnings (keeping 50-50 split)
+    expenses                                    ==* 0 EUR
+    equity:me                         50 EUR
+    equity:partner                    50 EUR
+

examples/shared-finances/me+household.journal

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+# me+household.journal
+
+2024-01-01 my contribution
+    me:assets:bank                              -100.00 EUR
+    me:expenses:household                        100.00 EUR
+    household:equity:me                         -100.00 EUR
+    household:assets:bank                        100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-01 my partner contribution
+    household:equity:partner                    -100.00 EUR
+    household:assets:bank                        100.00 EUR
+
+2024-01-02 pay shared bill
+    household:assets:bank                       -100.00 EUR
+    household:equity:me                           50.00 EUR
+    household:equity:partner                      50.00 EUR
+

examples/shared-finances/me.journal

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+# me.journal
+
+2024-01-01 my contribution
+    assets:bank                                 -100.00 EUR
+    expenses:household                           100.00 EUR
+