iadd will need to wait
The plan for this week was to get hledger-iadd to work. What is hledger-iadd? Also called iadd, it’s an alternative to the hledger add command to interactively enter transactions.
Getting narrow minded in Emacs
Last week I closed out 2023, creating a separate file for my 2024 transactions. In spite of having 4 months of data in my new file, there was one.
Time to close out 2023 (in May)
As I have written previously, I don’t need to close out my yearly hledger file immediately after a calendar year ends. In fact, there are advantages to waiting a.
hledger helps me get my electricity working again
Sometimes, one of the rewards for using hledger is non-financial. For example, just the other day we needed an electrician. One of the circuits — in fact, the one.
Using accounting for a better future
Some years ago, someone asked a question similar to the following. If you have a transaction such as: It is obvious how you reconcile the credit card portion of.
Three reasons why I created the hledger fan YouTube channel
So far, the hledger fan YouTube channel has done well. There are a total of 18 videos helping beginners to improve their hledger knowledge and skills. The most popular.
Getting smart about dates
The way hledger handles dates is impressive. In particular, I think of smart dates, which I was reminded of a couple of weeks ago when I mistyped a date..
What if the Beatles had sung about plain text accounting?
As far as anyone knows, the Beatles were not into plain text accounting. But had they been, would they have written a song like the following? YesterdayAll my credit.
Paying attention to key accounts
One benefit of my using hledger is that I regularly pay attention to key accounts. This is because a few times per week I hand enter every transaction that.
Not noticed but important
Things that reliably work well don’t tend to draw our attention. They function in the background, and we often take them for granted. On the other hand, if something.