* K O'Neill <[email protected]> [2020-09-04 18:08]:
> > Beancount has the same feature.
> 
> I understand beancount can add comments to postings. Are you
> suggesting that narrations are possible as well?  IIRC, ledger's
> transaction notes are rendered while beancount's comments are not.

Oh, I see what you mean now.  Sorry, no, beancount does not have that
feature.

Ledger allows you to put a ; Payee: metadata on a posting.  In
beancount, there is only a payee for the whole transaction.

> > Metadata (key:value) that are listed before the first posting are 
> > attached to the whole transactions. Metadata after a posting is 
> > attached to that particular posting, i.e. it works the same way as 
> > ledger. 

> Thanks, that's good to know. I see now it is documented as such. I
> guess I could use key:value pairs but it is a bit more cumbersome
> than simply attaching a narration to a posting.

Well, a "attaching a narration to a posting" is using meta-data, it's
just that the "Payee" metadata has a special meaning in ledger and is
used to override the payee from the transaction header.

(That's why I was initially confused and said beancount has the same
feature.)
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
https://www.cyrius.com/

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