Hledger iadd makes crossing monthly boundaries easier
As I have mentioned in the past, I regularly use hledger “iadd” to add new transactions. One alternative, hledger “add” works well enough, but “iadd” sometimes works slightly better..
Relativity in personal finances
Some things in life are relative. Yes, there are absolutes, but there are also things that are relative. And, if something is relative, what specifically is it relative to?.
The 3 most-watched videos on the hledger fan YouTube channel
Five years ago, I started creating instructional videos for hledger. A total of 18 have been made to date. So which are the most popular? In first place, with.
Speeding up data entry
Here’s one trick that I learned to speed up my data entry. The problem occurred when I had regular payments to the same payee, but they differed in some.
Sticking to the important
All kinds of things around us are calling for our attention. But just because something calls for our attention doesn’t necessarily mean that it is important. What does this.
Traveling down memory lane with PTA data
This week, my plain text accounting data brought back some fun memories. It all started when, a couple of days ago, we visited a chain restaurant and wondered when.
3 programs that help hledger work even better
Three programs help hledger work even better for me. First, is Emacs. Or, should I say, Emacs running in ledger-mode. With ledger-mode running, I make frequent use of the.
Reports need correct numbers AND correct text
This week’s hledger task was to correct some of the account names in my hledger data file. This came about after running the incomestatement command. I noticed some oddities.
Should you track work expenses?
Should you track work expenses? First, what are work expenses? Simply put, they are expenses that would disappear if your job, well, disappeared. Some examples of work-related expenses would.
When to track additional spending categories
Last week I wrote about what size categories to use for expenses in PTA. The basic idea was a general principal of simpler categories. Why? For one reason, simpler.