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hledger-ui(1)
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hledger-ui is hledger's curses-style interface. It reads a hledger
journal file

   and provides a simple full-screen console interface for viewing
account balances and transactions.

   It is simpler and more convenient for browsing than the command-line
interface, but lighter and faster than hledger-web.

   The journal file is `~/.hledger.journal', `$LEDGER_FILE', or another
file specified with -f. For more about the format, see hledger(1) or
hledger_journal(5).

* Menu:

* OPTIONS::
* KEYS::
* SCREENS::


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1 OPTIONS
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Note: if invoking hledger-ui as a hledger subcommand, write `--' before
options as shown above.

   Any QUERYARGS are interpreted as a hledger search query which filters
the data.

`--flat'
     show full account names, unindented

`--no-elide'
     don't compress empty parent accounts on one line

`--register=ACCTREGEX'
     start in the (first) matched account's register screen

`--theme=default|terminal|greenterm'
     use this custom display theme

`-V --value'
     show amounts as their current market value in their default
     valuation commodity (accounts screen only)

`-h'
     show usage

`--help'
     show manual

`--man'
     show manual with man

`--info'
     show manual with info

`--version'
     show version

* Menu:

* hledger options::


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1.1 hledger options
===================

The following common hledger options should also work:

`-f FILE --file=FILE'
     use a different input file. For stdin, use -

`--rules-file=RULESFILE'
     Conversion rules file to use when reading CSV (default: FILE.rules)

`--alias=OLD=NEW'
     display accounts named OLD as NEW

`--ignore-assertions'
     ignore any failing balance assertions in the journal

`--debug=N'
     show debug output if N is 1-9 (default: 0)

`-b --begin=DATE'
     include postings/txns on or after this date

`-e --end=DATE'
     include postings/txns before this date

`-p --period=PERIODEXP'
     set start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
     (overrides the flags above)

`--date2 --aux-date'
     use postings/txns' secondary dates instead

`-C --cleared'
     include only cleared postings/txns

`--pending'
     include only pending postings/txns

`-U --uncleared'
     include only uncleared (and pending) postings/txns

`-R --real'
     include only non-virtual postings

`--depth=N'
     hide accounts/postings deeper than N

`-E --empty'
     show empty/zero things which are normally omitted

`-B --cost'
     show amounts in their cost price's commodity


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2 KEYS
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Generally the cursor keys navigate; `right' (or `enter') goes deeper,
`left' returns to the previous screen, `up'/`down'/`page up'/`page
down'/`home'/`end' move up and down through lists.

   `g' gets the latest data and reloads the screen (and any previous
screens). There may be a noticeable pause.

   `q' quits the application.

   Some screens have additional key bindings, described below.


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3 SCREENS
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* Menu:

* Accounts screen::
* Register screen::
* Transaction screen::
* Error screen::


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3.1 Accounts screen
===================

This is normally the first screen displayed. It lists accounts and their
balances, like hledger's balance command. By default, it shows all
accounts and their latest ending balances. if you specify a query on the
command line, it shows just the matched accounts and the balances from
matched transactions.

   When not in flat mode, indentation indicates the account hierarchy.
`F' toggles flat mode on and off.

   By default, all subaccounts are displayed. To see less detail, set a
depth limit by pressing a number key, `1' to `9'. Or, adjust the depth
limit by pressing `-' or `+' (`=' also works).  `0' removes the depth
limit.

   `C' toggles cleared mode. In cleared mode, the accounts and balances
are derived only from transactions which are marked cleared (*).

   Press `right' or `enter' to view an account's transactions register.


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3.2 Register screen
===================

This screen lists all transactions affecting a particular account (like
a check register). In cleared mode (press `C') it lists only
transactions which are marked cleared. It does not otherwise filter by
query.

   Note this screen shows transactions, not postings (unlike hledger's
register command). This means:

   * Each line represents a whole transaction.

   * For each transaction, it shows the other account(s) involved, in
     abbreviated form. (If there are both real and virtual postings, it
     shows only the accounts affected by real postings.)

   * It shows the overall change to the current account's balance from
     each transaction; positive for an inflow to this account, negative
     for an outflow.

   * When no query other than a date limit is in effect, it shows the
     current account's historic balance as of the transaction date.
     Otherwise it shows a running total starting from zero. Eg, these
     will show historic balances:


     $ hledger-ui
     $ hledger-ui --begin 'this month'
     $ hledger-ui --register checking date:2015/10

     while these will show a running total, since the queries are not
     just date limits:


     $ hledger-ui checking
     $ hledger-ui --begin 'this month' desc:market
     $ hledger-ui --register checking --cleared


   Press `right' or `enter' to view the selected transaction in full
detail.


File: hledger-ui.1.info,  Node: Transaction screen,  Next: Error screen,  Prev: Register screen,  Up: SCREENS

3.3 Transaction screen
======================

This screen shows a single transaction, as a general journal entry,
similar to hledger's print command and journal format
(hledger_journal(5)).

   The transaction's date(s) and any cleared flag, transaction code,
description, comments, along with all of its account postings are shown.
Simple transactions have two postings, but there can be more (or in
certain cases, fewer).

   `up' and `down' will step through all transactions listed in the
previous account register screen. In the title bar, the numbers in
parentheses show your position within that account register. They will
vary depending on which account register you came from (remember most
transactions appear in multiple account registers). The #N number
preceding them is the transaction's position within the complete
unfiltered journal, which is a more stable id (at least until the next
reload).


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3.4 Error screen
================

This screen will appear if there is a problem, such as a parse error,
when you press g to reload. Once you have fixed the problem described,
press g again to reload and restore normal operation.



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