hledger/ROADMAP.org

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Current ideas about where the hledger project should be going next.

## Next Targets

• hledger 1.19, 2020-09-01\

<s>account transactions register</s>, stricter/more correct handling of unbalanced multicommodity transactions (#1177), Track & show deposited lots (#1022), Report unrealized capital gains/losses (#1029)

### Past Targets

• <s>hledger 1.18</s>, 2020-06-01\

<s>more effective CI setup</s>, <s>updated home page, quickstart, tutorials etc.</s>, negative matching in CSV rules,

• <s>hledger 1.17, 2020-03-01</s>\

<s>field matching in CSV rules</s>, reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib (?), more import/export options, simple console charts, refreshed home page, faq, tutorials, manuals,

• <s>hledger 1.16, 2019-12-01</s>\

<s>ghc 8.8 support</s>, <s>more powerful CSV conversion</s>, updated home page, faq, manuals, reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib

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## 2020 Priorities

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### Documentation

Improve the docs. <br> <br>

• <s>home</s> & faq
• <s>manuals (more discoverable structure of web manuals)</s>
• cookbook docs (survey, plan, update)
• contrib guide (update, build from readmes)

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### Effectiveness

Improve getting-started experience, just-works quality, practicality, real-world usefulness.

• <s>ghc 8.8, get back in stackage nightly</s>
• install issues (C libs..)
• <s>more powerful CSV conversion</s>
• fill out holes in feature matrix

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### Investment

Improve suitability for investment tracking ([#1015](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1015))

• <s>market price inference from transactions</s>
• easy market price fetching
• lot tracking
• capital gains reporting

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### Charts

Add charts and more visual appeal. <br> <br>

• console charts, basic bar charts
• clarify architecture/UI for charts
• graphical charts using Chart/matplotlib/hvega
• review/design/add more attractive/colourful output (see eg taskwarrior)

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### Correctness

<!– added 2020-06: –> More support for enforcing correctness & accounting rules.

• account names
• commodity symbols
• payees
• notes/descriptions ?
• account lifetimes ?
• account balance conditions ?
• transaction templates ?

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