hledger/doc/relnotes.github.md

Release notes

hledger 1.33.1

• process >=1.6.19.0 seems not strictly needed and is no longer required, improving installability. #2149

• print and close now show a trailing decimal mark on cost amounts also, when needed to disambiguate a digit group mark.

• The balance commands’ HTML output now includes digit group marks when appropriate (fixes a regression in 1.25). #2196

• The add command no longer shows ANSI escape codes in terminals that don’t support them.

• Doc updates:

  • import: Skipping -> Date skipping, discuss commodity styles more
  • csv: Amount decimal places: expand, note import behaviour

hledger-ui 1.33.1

• Require vty-windows-0.2.0.2+ to avoid display problems in recent MS Terminal on Windows.

• process >=1.6.19.0 seems not strictly needed and is no longer required, improving installability. #2149

hledger-web 1.33.1

• Support base64 >=1.0

credits 1.33.1

Simon Michael.

How to install

This release may arrive in your local packaging system soon - look for green badges at hledger.org: Install. Or you can build it yourself from source, as described on that page. Or you can use the binaries below:

GNU/Linux on 64-bit Intel

At the command line,

cd /usr/local/bin
curl -LOC- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/download/1.33/hledger-linux-x64.zip    # just rerun if interrupted
unzip hledger-linux-x64.zip && tar xvf hledger-linux-x64.tar && rm -f hledger-linux-x64.{zip,tar}  # github workaround, preserves permissions
cd
hledger --version    # should show the new version

The tar + zip packaging is a workaround to preserve file permissions.

Mac on 64-bit ARM or Intel

In a terminal window, run these commands to download, unpack, authorise, and install the binaries in your command line PATH. Don’t use your web browser, it won’t authorise the binaries.:

cd /usr/local/bin

# for ARM macs:
curl -LOC- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/download/1.33/hledger-mac-arm64.zip    # just rerun if interrupted
unzip hledger-mac-arm64.zip && tar xvf hledger-mac-arm64.tar && rm -f hledger-mac-arm64.{zip,tar}  # github workaround, preserves permissions

# or for Intel macs:
curl -LOC- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/download/1.33/hledger-mac-x64.zip
unzip hledger-mac-x64.zip && tar xvf hledger-mac-x64.tar && rm -f hledger-mac-x64.{zip,tar}

cd
hledger --version    # should show the new version

The tar + zip packaging is a workaround to preserve file permissions.

Windows on 64-bit Intel or ARM

In a powershell window (press Windows-r, type powershell, press enter),

1. Make a place to keep hledger binaries, and add it to your PATH; this makes running hledger easier. You only need to do this once, not for every release:

mkdir -force $HOME\bin >$null
$ENV:PATH += ";"+$HOME+"\bin"
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)+";"+$HOME+"\bin", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)

2. Download and install the release binaries:

cd $HOME\bin
cp hledger.exe hledger.old.exe            # keep a backup of the old executables, if you care
cp hledger-ui.exe hledger-ui.old.exe
cp hledger-web.exe hledger-web.old.exe
curl https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/download/1.33/hledger-windows-x64.zip -OutFile hledger-windows-x64.zip
Expand-Archive hledger-windows-x64.zip -DestinationPath . -Force
cd $HOME
hledger --version      # should show the new version
hledger-ui --version
hledger-web --version

3. Ensure a default journal file exists, and without a problematic encoding. (Not sure why “ascii” is needed here - hledger likes utf8 and understands utf8 BOM headers.. but the state of our unicode support on Windows is really unknown, your input welcome.)

out-file -append -encoding ascii $HOME/.hledger.journal

Once that journal file exists, you can start hledger-web by double-clicking on the icon if you wish.

Windows 7 on 64-bit Intel

• click hledger-windows-x64.zip below
• choose Open with Windows Explorer, OK
• click Extract all files
• choose a destination folder - ideally one that appears in echo %PATH%, like C:\Windows (though that one will require administrator permission); otherwise, your home directory (C:\Users\YOURNAME)
• check “Show extracted files when complete”
• click Extract, wait for the destination folder to open
• find the hledger, hledger-web icons (if you extracted to \Windows, you’ll need to scroll down)
• for each icon: double-click, uncheck “Always ask before opening this file”, click Run
• close those Explorer windows
• open a command window (press Windows-r, type CMD, press enter)
• hledger --version should show the new version
• echo # >> .hledger.journal to ensure a default journal file exists. (Important: the doubled >> is needed to avoid overwriting existing data.)

Problems: - Starting hledger by double-clicking its icon won’t work because it needs arguments; run it from the command window instead. - Starting hledger-web by double-clicking its icon may fail eg because Explorer’s command window is too small; configure that to be larger, or run hledger-web from a command window instead. - hledger or hledger-web may fail to run if there is not enough memory available.

Once installed, run hledger, and perhaps read hledger.org: Quick start.