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# hledger-ui
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This doc is for version **1.0**. <span class="docversions"></span>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc2.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc2.png" title="Accounts screen with query and depth limit" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc.png" title="Accounts screen" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc-greenterm.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-acc-greenterm.png" title="Accounts screen with greenterm theme" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-txn.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-txn.png" title="Transaction screen" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-reg.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-sample-reg.png" title="Register screen" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc.png" title="beancount example accounts" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc-etrade-cash.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc-etrade-cash.png" title="beancount example's etrade cash subaccount" /></a>
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<a href="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc-etrade.png" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img src="images/hledger-ui/hledger-ui-bcexample-acc-etrade.png" title="beancount example's etrade investments, all commoditiess" /></a>
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## NAME
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hledger-ui - curses-style interface for the hledger accounting tool
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## SYNOPSIS
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`hledger-ui [OPTIONS] [QUERYARGS]`\
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`hledger ui -- [OPTIONS] [QUERYARGS]`
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## DESCRIPTION
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hledger is a cross-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
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other commodity, using double-entry accounting and a simple, editable
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file format. hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with
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ledger(1).
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hledger-ui is hledger's curses-style interface, providing an efficient
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full-window text UI for viewing accounts and transactions, and some
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limited data entry capability. It is easier than hledger's command-line
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interface, and sometimes quicker and more convenient than the web
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interface.
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Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger journal,
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timeclock, timedot, or CSV format specified with `-f`, or
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`$LEDGER_FILE`, or `$HOME/.hledger.journal` (on windows, perhaps
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`C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal`). For more about this see hledger(1),
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hledger\_journal(5) etc.
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## OPTIONS
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Note: if invoking hledger-ui as a hledger subcommand, write `--` before
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options as shown above.
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Any QUERYARGS are interpreted as a hledger search query which filters
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the data.
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`--flat`
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: show full account names, unindented
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`--register=ACCTREGEX`
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: start in the (first) matched account's register screen
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`--theme=default|terminal|greenterm`
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: use this custom display theme
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`-V --value`
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: show amounts as their current market value in their default
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valuation commodity (accounts screen only)
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hledger general options:
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`-h`
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: show general usage (or after COMMAND, the command's usage)
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`--help`
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: show the current program's manual as plain text (or after an add-on
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COMMAND, the add-on's manual)
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`--man`
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: show the current program's manual with man
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`--info`
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: show the current program's manual with info
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`--version`
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: show version
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`--debug[=N]`
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: show debug output (levels 1-9, default: 1)
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`-f FILE --file=FILE`
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: use a different input file. For stdin, use -
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`--rules-file=RULESFILE`
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: Conversion rules file to use when reading CSV (default: FILE.rules)
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`--alias=OLD=NEW`
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: display accounts named OLD as NEW
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`-I --ignore-assertions`
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: ignore any failing balance assertions in the journal
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hledger reporting options:
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`-b --begin=DATE`
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: include postings/txns on or after this date
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`-e --end=DATE`
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: include postings/txns before this date
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`-D --daily`
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: multiperiod/multicolumn report by day
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`-W --weekly`
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: multiperiod/multicolumn report by week
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`-M --monthly`
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: multiperiod/multicolumn report by month
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`-Q --quarterly`
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: multiperiod/multicolumn report by quarter
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`-Y --yearly`
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: multiperiod/multicolumn report by year
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`-p --period=PERIODEXP`
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: set start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
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(overrides the flags above)
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`--date2`
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: show, and match with -b/-e/-p/date:, secondary dates instead
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`-C --cleared`
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: include only cleared postings/txns
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`--pending`
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: include only pending postings/txns
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`-U --uncleared`
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: include only uncleared (and pending) postings/txns
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`-R --real`
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: include only non-virtual postings
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`--depth=N`
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: hide accounts/postings deeper than N
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`-E --empty`
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: show items with zero amount, normally hidden
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`-B --cost`
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: convert amounts to their cost at transaction time (using the
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[transaction price](journal.html#transaction-prices), if any)
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`--pivot TAG`
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: will transform the journal before any other processing by replacing
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the account name of every posting having the tag TAG with content
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VALUE by the account name "TAG:VALUE". The TAG will only match if it
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is a full-length match. The pivot will only happen if the TAG is on
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a posting, not if it is on the transaction. If the tag value is a
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multi:level:account:name the new account name will
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be "TAG:multi:level:account:name".
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`--anon`
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: show anonymized accounts and payees
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## KEYS
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`?` shows a help dialog listing all keys. (Some of these also appear in
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the quick help at the bottom of each screen.) Press `?` again (or
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`ESCAPE`, or `LEFT`) to close it. The following keys work on most
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screens:
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The cursor keys navigate: `right` (or `enter`) goes deeper, `left`
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returns to the previous screen,
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`up`/`down`/`page up`/`page down`/`home`/`end` move up and down through
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lists. Vi-style `h`/`j`/`k`/`l` movement keys are also supported. A tip:
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movement speed is limited by your keyboard repeat rate, to move faster
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you may want to adjust it. (If you're on a mac, the Karabiner app is one
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way to do that.)
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With shift pressed, the cursor keys adjust the report period, limiting
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the transactions to be shown (by default, all are shown).
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`shift-down/up` steps downward and upward through these standard report
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period durations: year, quarter, month, week, day. Then,
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`shift-left/right` moves to the previous/next period. `t` sets the
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report period to today. (To set a non-standard period, you can use `/`
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and a `date:` query).
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`/` lets you set a general filter query limiting the data shown, using
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the same [query terms](/hledger.html#queries) as in hledger and
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hledger-web. While editing the query, you can use [CTRL-a/e/d/k, BS,
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cursor
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keys](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/brick-0.7/docs/Brick-Widgets-Edit.html#t:Editor);
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press `ENTER` to set it, or `ESCAPE`to cancel. There are also keys for
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quickly adjusting some common filters like account depth and
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cleared/uncleared (see below). `BACKSPACE` or `DELETE` removes all
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filters, showing all transactions.
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`ESCAPE` removes all filters and jumps back to the top screen. Or, it
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cancels a minibuffer edit or help dialog in progress.
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`g` reloads from the data file(s) and updates the current screen and any
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previous screens. (With large files, this could cause a noticeable
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pause.)
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`I` toggles balance assertion checking. Disabling balance assertions
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temporarily can be useful for troubleshooting.
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`a` runs command-line hledger's add command, and reloads the updated
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file. This allows some basic data entry.
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`E` runs \$HLEDGER\_UI\_EDITOR, or \$EDITOR, or a default
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(`emacsclient -a "" -nw`) on the journal file. With some editors (emacs,
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vi), the cursor will be positioned at the current transaction when
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invoked from the register and transaction screens, and at the error
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location (if possible) when invoked from the error screen.
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`q` quits the application.
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Additional screen-specific keys are described below.
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## SCREENS
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### Accounts screen
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This is normally the first screen displayed. It lists accounts and their
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balances, like hledger's balance command. By default, it shows all
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accounts and their latest ending balances (including the balances of
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subaccounts). if you specify a query on the command line, it shows just
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the matched accounts and the balances from matched transactions.
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Account names are normally indented to show the hierarchy (tree mode).
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To see less detail, set a depth limit by pressing a number key, `1` to
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`9`. `0` shows even less detail, collapsing all accounts to a single
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total. `-` and `+` (or `=`) decrease and increase the depth limit. To
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remove the depth limit, set it higher than the maximum account depth, or
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press `ESCAPE`.
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`F` toggles flat mode, in which accounts are shown as a flat list, with
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their full names. In this mode, account balances exclude subaccounts,
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except for accounts at the depth limit (as with hledger's balance
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command).
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`H` toggles between showing historical balances or period balances.
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Historical balances (the default) are ending balances at the end of the
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report period, taking into account all transactions before that date
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(filtered by the filter query if any), including transactions before the
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start of the report period. In other words, historical balances are what
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you would see on a bank statement for that account (unless disturbed by
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a filter query). Period balances ignore transactions before the report
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start date, so they show the change in balance during the report period.
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They are more useful eg when viewing a time log.
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`C` toggles cleared mode, in which [uncleared transactions and
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postings](/journal.html#transactions) are not shown. `U` toggles
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uncleared mode, in which only uncleared transactions/postings are shown.
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`R` toggles real mode, in which [virtual
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postings](/journal.html#virtual-postings) are ignored.
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`Z` toggles nonzero mode, in which only accounts with nonzero balances
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are shown (hledger-ui shows zero items by default, unlike command-line
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hledger).
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Press `right` or `enter` to view an account's transactions register.
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### Register screen
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This screen shows the transactions affecting a particular account, like
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a check register. Each line represents one transaction and shows:
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- the other account(s) involved, in abbreviated form. (If there are
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both real and virtual postings, it shows only the accounts affected
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by real postings.)
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- the overall change to the current account's balance; positive for an
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inflow to this account, negative for an outflow.
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- the running historical total or period total for the current
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account, after the transaction. This can be toggled with `H`.
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Similar to the accounts screen, the historical total is affected by
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transactions (filtered by the filter query) before the report start
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date, while the period total is not. If the historical total is not
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disturbed by a filter query, it will be the running historical
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balance you would see on a bank register for the current account.
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If the accounts screen was in tree mode, the register screen will
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include transactions from both the current account and its subaccounts.
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If the accounts screen was in flat mode, and a non-depth-clipped account
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was selected, the register screen will exclude transactions from
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subaccounts. In other words, the register always shows the transactions
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responsible for the period balance shown on the accounts screen. As on
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the accounts screen, this can be toggled with `F`.
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`C` toggles cleared mode, in which [uncleared transactions and
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postings](/journal.html#transactions) are not shown. `U` toggles
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uncleared mode, in which only uncleared transactions/postings are shown.
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`R` toggles real mode, in which [virtual
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postings](/journal.html#virtual-postings) are ignored.
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`Z` toggles nonzero mode, in which only transactions posting a nonzero
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change are shown (hledger-ui shows zero items by default, unlike
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command-line hledger).
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Press `right` (or `enter`) to view the selected transaction in detail.
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### Transaction screen
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This screen shows a single transaction, as a general journal entry,
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similar to hledger's print command and journal format
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(hledger\_journal(5)).
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The transaction's date(s) and any cleared flag, transaction code,
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description, comments, along with all of its account postings are shown.
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Simple transactions have two postings, but there can be more (or in
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certain cases, fewer).
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`up` and `down` will step through all transactions listed in the
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previous account register screen. In the title bar, the numbers in
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parentheses show your position within that account register. They will
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vary depending on which account register you came from (remember most
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transactions appear in multiple account registers). The \#N number
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preceding them is the transaction's position within the complete
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unfiltered journal, which is a more stable id (at least until the next
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reload).
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### Error screen
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This screen will appear if there is a problem, such as a parse error,
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when you press g to reload. Once you have fixed the problem, press g
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again to reload and resume normal operation. (Or, you can press escape
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to cancel the reload attempt.)
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## ENVIRONMENT
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**COLUMNS** The screen width to use. Default: the full terminal width.
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**LEDGER\_FILE** The journal file path when not specified with `-f`.
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Default: `~/.hledger.journal` (on windows, perhaps
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`C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal`).
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## FILES
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Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock,
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timedot, or CSV format specified with `-f`, or `$LEDGER_FILE`, or
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`$HOME/.hledger.journal` (on windows, perhaps
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`C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal`).
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## BUGS
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The need to precede options with `--` when invoked from hledger is
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awkward.
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`-f-` doesn't work (hledger-ui can't read from stdin).
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`-V` affects only the accounts screen.
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When you press `g`, the current and all previous screens are
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regenerated, which may cause a noticeable pause. Also there is no visual
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indication that this is in progress.
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The register screen's switching between historic balance and running
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total based on query arguments may be confusing, and there is no column
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heading to indicate which is being displayed.
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