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* BACKLOG.org
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A public store of tasks/changes that we're fairly sure would be good
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to have, and their design notes. Here they compost nicely in the sun,
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uncommitted and unscheduled. Some items might appear best when viewed
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with org mode in Emacs.
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An efficient public store of tasks/changes/design notes, mostly from
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SM's private backlog; things that I/we feel would be nice to have, or
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investigate further.
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Here, they all compost nicely in the sun.
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Some items are out of date and just need to be re-tested and discarded.
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All help is welcome.
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Related:
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- SM's private backlog, gradually moving here
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- http://regressions.hledger.org, http://bugs.hledger.org, http://wishes.hledger.org
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See also:
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- http://wishes.hledger.org and http://bugs.hledger.org
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- https://hledger.org/mockups.html
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- https://hledger.org/ROADMAP.html
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** cli: help: clarify/improve the various kinds of command line help
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*** survey/describe
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Some items may render best when viewed in Emacs org mode.
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** wip
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*** BACKLOG: move items here from SM's private backlog
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** cli
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*** cli: help: clarify/improve the various kinds of command line help
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**** survey/describe
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Most of these are long, and best viewed with a pager, eg: hledger -h | less
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**** Quick command line help:
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***** Quick command line help:
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#+begin_example
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hledger -h|--help
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hledger-ui -h|--help
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@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ hledger COMMAND -h|--help
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#+end_example
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**** User manuals:
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***** User manuals:
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#+begin_example
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hledger help [-i|-m|-p] [TOPIC]
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#+end_example
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** cli: help improvements
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*** auto pager
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*** colour
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*** show commands to get more detailed help
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*** list output formats
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*** list input formats
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*** list runtime-detected input formats
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*** more intro/manual in the main --help
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*** commands list updates
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*** cli: help improvements
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**** auto pager
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**** colour
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**** show commands to get more detailed help
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**** list output formats
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**** list input formats
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**** list runtime-detected input formats
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**** more intro/manual in the main --help
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**** commands list updates
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Financial reports:
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aregister (areg) show an account's transactions and running balance
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register (reg) show postings in all/matched accounts and their total
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incomestatement (is) show revenues and expenses
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balance (bal) show custom balance reports, budgets, gains..
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roi show a return on investment report
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*** --pivot: list possible arguments in help
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** cli: --version: include latest commit date
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** cli: --version: include git branch name if not master ?
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** compat: support reading with beancount2ledger when in PATH
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** compat: support reading with ledger2beancount & beancount2ledger when in PATH
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** doc: quickstart: update download instructions, make maintainable
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** entry command
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*** a convenient non-interactive version of hledger add; and an extension point for data entry validations/automations
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**** --pivot: list possible arguments in help
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*** cli: --version: include latest commit date
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*** cli: --version: include git branch name if not master ?
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*** cli: disable colors when writing to .txt file ?
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*** cli: trailing colon makes alias ineffective
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`--alias expenses:personal:=expenses:`
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*** cli: unclear error if a trailing slash is written after file name
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shell completion might wrongly add a trailing slash, eg as with this symlink,
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resulting in this unclear error:
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~/notes$ stats -f current.journal/
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hledger: SourcePos {sourceName = "/Users/simon/.sm/notes/current.journal/", sourceLine = Pos 9, sourceColumn = Pos 1} reading /Users/simon/.sm/notes/current.journal/2018.prices:
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/Users/simon/current.journal/2018.prices: openFile: inappropriate type (Not a directory)
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*** cli: -h/--help should work even with unrecognised flags/missing args
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**** hledger --help ui --watch
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**** hledger ui --watch --help
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**** hledger --nosuchflag --help
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**** hledger nosuchcommand --help
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***** not expected to work; hledger --help nosuchcommand does work
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***** unify hledger --help & hledger COMMAND --help more ?
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*** cli: @ does not expand file names, eg @~/somefile
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*** cli: bad --width parse error
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$ hledger -f examples/sample.journal reg -w 80,-1
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hledger: could not parse width option: ParseErrorBundle {bundleErrors = TrivialError 3 (Just (Tokens ('-' :| ""))) (fromList [Label ('d' :| "igit")]) :| [], bundlePosState = PosState {pstateInput = "80,-1", pstateOffset = 0, pstateSourcePos = SourcePos {sourceName = "(unknown)", sourceLine = Pos 1, sourceColumn = Pos 1}, pstateTabWidth = Pos 8, pstateLinePrefix = ""}} (use -h to see usage)
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*** cli: balance assertion error shows ugly transaction
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hledger: balance assertion error in "/Users/simon/notes/2018.journal" (line 4949, column 54):
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in transaction:
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Transaction {tindex = 976, tsourcepos = JournalSourcePos "/Users/simon/notes/2018.journal" (4948,4950), tdate = 2018-09-01, tdate2 = Nothing, tstatus = *, tcode = "5VN72122C99690620", tdescription = "add funds to paypal", tcomment = "for:, time:06:53:51, type:Bank Deposit to PP Account , status:Pending, balance:6.99, gross:6.99, fee:0.00\n", ttags = [("for",""),("time","06:53:51"),("type","Bank Deposit to PP Account"),("status","Pending"),("balance","6.99"),("gross","6.99"),("fee","0.00")], tpostings = [PostingPP {pdate="Nothing", pdate2="Nothing", pstatus="", paccount="assets:personal:online:paypal", pamount=Mixed [Amount {acommodity = "$", aquantity = 6.99, aprice = NoPrice, astyle = AmountStylePP "L False 2 Just '.' Nothing..", amultiplier = False}], pcomment="", ptype=RegularPosting, ptags=[], pbalanceassertion=Just (Amount {acommodity = "$", aquantity = 6.99, aprice = NoPrice, astyle = AmountStylePP "L False 2 Just '.' Nothing..", amultiplier = False},GenericSourcePos "/Users/simon/notes/2018.journal" 4949 54), ptransaction=Just "<txn>", porigin=Nothing},PostingPP {pdate="Nothing", pdate2="Nothing", pstatus="", paccount="assets:personal:bank:wf:checking", pamount=Mixed [Amount {acommodity = "$", aquantity = -6.99, aprice = NoPrice, astyle = AmountStylePP "L False 2 Just '.' Nothing..", amultiplier = False}], pcomment="", ptype=RegularPosting, ptags=[], pbalanceassertion=Nothing, ptransaction=Just "<txn>", porigin=Nothing}], tpreceding_comment_lines = ""}
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after posting:
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assets:personal:online:paypal $6.99
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balance assertion details:
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date: 2018/09/01
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account: assets:personal:online:paypal
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commodity: $
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calculated: $-93.01
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asserted: $6.99 (difference: +$100.00)
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*** cli: color support like stack's (still a few things remaining)
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**** http://no-color.org/ color should not be added by default if the `NO_COLOR` environment variable is present.
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**** Existing global option `--color=WHEN` is now also available as a
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non-project-specific yaml configuration parameter `color:`.
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**** Adopt the standard proposed at http://no-color.org/, that color should
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not be
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added by default if the `NO_COLOR` environment variable is present.
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**** New command `stack ls stack-colors` lists the styles and the associated
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'ANSI'
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control character sequences that stack uses to color some of its output.
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See
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`stack ls stack-colors --help` for more information.
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**** New global option `--stack-colors=STYLES`, also available as a
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non-project-specific yaml configuration parameter, allows a stack user to
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redefine the default styles that stack uses to color some of its output.
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See
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`stack --help` for more information.
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**** British English spelling of 'color' (colour) accepted as an alias for
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`--color`, `--stack-colors`, `stack ls stack-colors` at the command line
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and
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for `color:` and `stack-colors:` in yaml configuration files.
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*** cli: generate commands list more dynamically from command docs
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**** names, aliases, descriptions
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*** cli: inconsistent repeated options behaviour: -b 1/1 -b 2/1 should use the last date & be documented
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*** cli: pass -- -h/--help through to tasty
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*** cli: underquoted $ gives "empty list" error
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$ bal --budget ^sm:exp date:jan -M cur:\$ --tree
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Budget performance in 2019/01:
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hledger: Prelude.maximum: empty list
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*** cli: 1275 drop/depth error message followup
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Two commands:
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$ hledger bal --drop '-999999999999999'
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$ hledger bal --drop='-999999999999999'
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Current output:
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hledger: could not parse drop number: --depth=999999999999999 (use -h to see usage)
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hledger: argument to drop must lie in the range 0 to 9223372036854775807, but is -999999999999999 (use -h to see usage)
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My proposal would look like:
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hledger: drop's argument '--depth=999999999999999' must be a positive integer less than 9223372036854775807
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hledger: drop's argument '-999999999999999' must be a positive integer less than 9223372036854775807
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Variations:
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hledger: drop's argument '-999999999999999' must be a positive integer less than 2^63
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hledger: drop's argument '-999999999999999' must between 0 and 2^63
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hledger: drop's argument '-999999999999999' should be 0 <= N < 2^63
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**
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*** cli: do recompile stack script addon if source is newer
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ie, change:
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$ hledger check-tag-files # compiles if there's no compiled version
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*** cli: drop abbreviation uniqueness requirement ?
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*** cli: get actions from https://medium.com/@jdxcode/12-factor-cli-apps-dd3c227a0e46
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*** cli: group common options as in CliOptions.reportflags
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*** cli: hledger: "date:monday-" gave a date parse error ()
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*** cli: http://neilmitchell.blogspot.com/2020/07/automatic-uis-for-command-lines-with.html
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*** cli: improve error message:
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hledger: balance assignments cannot be used with accounts which are
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posted to by transaction modifier rules (auto postings).
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Please write the posting amount explicitly, or remove the rule.
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*** cli: red color is bad on powershell navy background
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```
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Guest72
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Hi, does anybody know how to change the negative value color in powershell. It's drakred and almost not readable on the dark blue background
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f-a
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not sure, but meanwhile using --color=never could help
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Guest72
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better than dark red ;)
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```
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*** cli: show an extra newline after txt reports, for better display when showing one after another
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*** cli: show name of reader responsible for a parse error
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*** cli: ugly --alias parse error
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$ bal --alias a
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hledger: parse error at ParseErrorBundle {bundleErrors = TrivialError 1 (Just EndOfInput) (fromList [Tokens ('=' :| "")]) :| [], bundlePosState = PosState {pstateInput = "a", pstateOffset = 0, pstateSourcePos = SourcePos {sourceName = "--alias a", sourceLine = Pos 1, sourceColumn = Pos 1}, pstateTabWidth = Pos 8, pstateLinePrefix = ""}}
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*** cli: ugly parse error from malformed --width argument
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ghci> :main areg sm.*foo -w 350,50,50
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Transactions in sm:assets:foo and subaccounts:
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2020-01-01 *** Exception: could not parse width option: ParseErrorBundle {bundleErrors = TrivialError 6 (Just (Tokens (',' :| ""))) (fromList [Label ('d' :| "igit"),EndOfInput]) :| [], bundlePosState = PosState {pstateInput = "350,50,50", pstateOffset = 0, pstateSourcePos = SourcePos {sourceName = "(unknown)", sourceLine = Pos 1, sourceColumn = Pos 1}, pstateTabWidth = Pos 8, pstateLinePrefix = ""}} (use -h to see usage)
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*** non-empty standard input activates -f- if there is no explicit -f ?
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*** --invert should be supported by all commands
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*** --positive flips signs of normally negative accounts (liabilities, revenues, equity)
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so eg both revenues and expenses sections of income statement are positive
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*** --pivot should work with all hledger tools (ui, web, api..)
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*** warn about missing command rather than "unknown flag"
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~$ hledger-0.27.1 -f src/hledger/data/sample.journal -D date:2008/01
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hledger-0.27.1: Unknown flag: -D
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*** balance assertion error improvements
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**** show assertions in transaction
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2016/04/01 * refill negative budget envelopes (personal)
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:gifts] $69.56 = 0
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:food] $97.58 = 0
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:personal care] $80.00 = $1
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:available] $-247.14
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**** show line/column number of assertion
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**** show indication inline
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2016/04/01 * refill negative budget envelopes (personal)
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:gifts] $69.56 = 0
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:food] $97.58 = 0 <- failed, calculated: $7.12 (difference: +$7.12)
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:month:personal care] $80.00 = $1
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[assets:personal:bank:wf:checking:available] $-247.14
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*** consistent/more headings for options
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*** don't immediately convert auto-balancing amounts to the price's commodity
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**** discuss on #ledger
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**** example
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1/1
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a E4 @ $1
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b ; <- should fill in -E4 @ $1 instead of -$4
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*** ignore inapplicable common flags when harmless, eg --width
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*** --help, --info after +RTS and/or -- should be passed through
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*** --unreal opposite of --real
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*** --pivot cleanups
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https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/323#issuecomment-185631456
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**** add --pivot to add-on option lists
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**** move pivot example to its own section
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*** reports should indicate whether each item has hidden subitems (and possibly include them in the report)
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*** show abnormal-sign balances in red (rather than negative numbers)
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*** split up output formats by command
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*** html reports
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**** add html output to other reports
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***** register
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***** postings
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**** add --view to open browser ?
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**** add detailed mode or report generating register for each cell
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** compat
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*** compat: support reading with beancount2ledger when in PATH
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*** compat: support reading with ledger2beancount & beancount2ledger when in PATH
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** doc
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*** doc: quickstart: update download instructions, make maintainable
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*** CONTRIBUTING: a github API script to generate the open issues table with issue counts
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*** automate CREDITS updating
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**** ./Shake credits
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**** github commit links
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**** github issue links
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**** github images
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*** a nice HISTORY page (higher level view of commits)
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**** automate
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***** ./Shake history
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*** doc: house mortgage
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Chris Leyon, Ledger list 2021:
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The entry for my house purchase looks like this:
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2014-12-18 Buy house
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Assets:Fixed:House $445,000.00 ; Selling price of house
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Assets:Current:XYZ Bank:Checking $455.76
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Expenses:Interest:Mortgage Interest $390.60
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Expenses:Taxes:Property Tax $282.49 ; Current qtr taxes
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Expenses:Taxes:Property Tax $2,154.00 ; Next qtr taxes
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Expenses:Utilities:Sewer $18.45 ; Current qtr sewer
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Expenses:Utilities:Sewer $141.48 ; Next qtr sewer
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Expenses:House:Warranty $32.10
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Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Principal $-427,750.00 ; PV of mortgage at t=0
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Assets:Current:XYZ Bank:Savings $-20,500.00 ; Down payment
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Assets:Current:AnAssetAccount $-5,001.37 ; More money down
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Assets:Current:Escrow $960.49
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Expenses:House:Settlement $440.00 ; Origination charges
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Expenses:House:Settlement $325.00 ; Appraisal fee
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Expenses:House:Settlement $75.00 ; Tax service
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Expenses:House:Settlement $50.00 ; Appraisal management
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Expenses:House:Settlement $2,301.00 ; Title services and lender's title insurance
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Expenses:House:Settlement $105.00 ; Owner's title insurance
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Expenses:House:Settlement $220.00 ; Government recording charge
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Expenses:House:Settlement $300.00 ; Survey
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This establishes the "Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Principal" account which tracks the loan balance. "Assets:Fixed:House" can be used to calculate your equity (as in home equity, not an equity account type). Various charges need to be paid at closing time: title fees, current and next quarter taxes, utility services, etc. It also categorizes "Expenses:Interest:Mortgage Interest" as a separate category from other types of interest, for tax purposes. Finally, it also seeds the "Assets:Current:Escrow" account which is the source account for paying all sorts of property tax and insurance expenses.
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A monthly mortgage payment might look like this:
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2015-03-23=2015-04-01 (1000) Loan Servicing Company
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Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Principal $585.63
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Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Principal $100.00 ; Pay a little extra principal every month
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Expenses:Interest:Mortgage Interest $909.08
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Assets:Current:Escrow $1,024.48
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Assets:Current:XYZ Bank:Checking $-2,619.19
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This set up has tracked my mortgage payments and balances for several years, down to the penny.
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*** hledger manual: toc: why are OUTPUT, PIVOTING not clickable ?
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** entry
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*** entry command
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**** a convenient non-interactive version of hledger add; and an extension point for data entry validations/automations
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hledger entry [ONELINEENTRY]
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*** ONELINEENTRY is a single argument, in quotes: a journal entry using double-space instead of newlines
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**** ONELINEENTRY is a single argument, in quotes: a journal entry using double-space instead of newlines
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hledger entry '2021-01-01 * (123) farmers market expenses:food $10 assets:checking ; date:1/3'
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*** or with no argument, each line from standard input generates a journal entry
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*** with -a|--add, appends to the journal, like add/import
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*** if entry does not begin with a date, uses today's date
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**** or with no argument, each line from standard input generates a journal entry
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**** with -a|--add, appends to the journal, like add/import
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**** if entry does not begin with a date, uses today's date
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hledger entry 'farmers market expenses:food $10 assets:cash'
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*** if any other required parts are omitted, they are filled from similar past transactions, like add
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**** if any other required parts are omitted, they are filled from similar past transactions, like add
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These will match the txn above, and make the postings shown:
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hledger entry 'farmers' # expenses:food $10, assets:cash -$10
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hledger entry 'farmers expenses:food $11' # expenses:food $11, assets:cash -$11
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hledger entry 'farmers $11' # same
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hledger entry 'farmers 11' # same
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hledger entry 'farmers expenses:food 6 expenses:snacks 5' # expenses:food $6, expenses:snacks $5, assets:cash -$11
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*** leaf names of known accounts will be expanded
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**** leaf names of known accounts will be expanded
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hledger entry 'farmers food 6 snacks 5' # same
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*** missing commodity symbol could also be inferred from source account's balance
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*** or with a flag, missing required parts will give an error
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**** --complete, --only, --standalone, --no-infer, --no-past, --no-journal
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*** entry can run validation checks, including fancy ones like "asset accounts may not go negative"
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** reports: allow -c '0.%' to set style of -%
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** reports: relax the "whole subperiods" rule
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*** when there's only one ?
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**** missing commodity symbol could also be inferred from source account's balance
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**** or with a flag, missing required parts will give an error
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***** --complete, --only, --standalone, --no-infer, --no-past, --no-journal
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**** entry can run validation checks, including fancy ones like "asset accounts may not go negative"
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** ops
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*** new hledger.org vps
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** process
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*** refine RELEASING doc/process
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*** automate changelog finalisation
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*** automate release note generation
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***
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** reports
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*** reports: allow -c '0.%' to set style of -%
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*** reports: relax the "whole subperiods" rule
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**** when there's only one ?
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bal -YH -e tomorrow would be titled with tomorrow's date instead of 12-31
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*** when there's multiple, but no transactions before the begin date or after the end date ?
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** timeclock: improve error message
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**** when there's multiple, but no transactions before the begin date or after the end date ?
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** timeclock
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*** timeclock: improve error message
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hledger: clock-out time less than clock-in time in:
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2021-09-17 * 12:00-06:00
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(no-electronics) -6.00h
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** timeclock: ugly parse error
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*** timeclock: ugly parse error
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hledger: line 6: expected timeclock code o but got i
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CallStack (from HasCallStack):
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error, called at ./Hledger/Data/Timeclock.hs:85:32 in hledger-lib-1.22.99-HCWXy7WanhBI3o1AfvBpXy:Hledger.Data.Timeclock
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** timedot: more flexible parsing
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*** ignore all preamble lines (before first date line)
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*** ignore all amountless lines
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*** ignore org list bullets/checkboxes
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*** check timedotstrict: disables ignoring preamble/amountless lines
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** timedot: --alias doesn't work with timeclock, timedot ?
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** timedot
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*** timedot: more flexible parsing
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**** ignore all preamble lines (before first date line)
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**** ignore all amountless lines
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**** ignore org list bullets/checkboxes
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**** check timedotstrict: disables ignoring preamble/amountless lines
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*** timedot: --alias doesn't work with timeclock, timedot ?
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