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+An old prototype of a pie chart image generator for hledger.
+IIRC it rendered a pie chart of the biggest N account balances with similar sign.
+
+Warning, this package has been unmaintained since 2011 and will not install.
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+A curses-style console interface for the hledger accounting tool.
+It allows browsing the balance, register and print reports with cursor keys and scrolling,
+and was actually quite useful.
+
+Warning, this package has been unmaintained since 2011 and will not install.