I'm new to ledger and experimenting with 2.6.1. I'm seeing output
different from what I expect in very simple cases, so I'm probably
just
confused. Can anyone straighten me out?
Basically, I'm expecting the last column of the "reg" output to be
running totals for accounts, but that's not what I'm seeing.
I'm using the sample from the "1 Introduction" page of the info
documentation:
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell
Payable:Pacific Bell $-200.00
Equity:Opening Balances
2004/09/29 Checking
Accounts:Checking $100.00
Equity:Opening Balances
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell
Payable:Pacific Bell $23.00
Accounts:Checking
Here's what I see from the reg command (with some spaces removed in
hopes this won't get wrapped):
$ ledger -f sample.dat reg
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell Payable:Pacific Bell $-200.00 $-200.00
Eq:Opening Balances $200.00 0
2004/09/29 Checking Accounts:Checking $100.00 $100.00
Eq:Opening Balances $-100.00 0
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell Payable:Pacific Bell $23.00 $23.00
Accounts:Checking $-23.00 0
whereas from the explanation in the doc I was expecting the last
column
to be a running total for each account, like this:
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell Payable:Pacific Bell $-200.00 $-200.00
Eq:Opening Balances $200.00 0
2004/09/29 Checking Accounts:Checking $100.00 $100.00
Eq:Opening Balances $-100.00 0
2004/09/29 Pacific Bell Payable:Pacific Bell $23.00 $223.00
Accounts:Checking $-23.00 $77.00
If it matters, I'm on Mac OS X 10.5.6, built with gcc 4.0.1, gmp
4.3.0,
and pcre 7.9.
Thanks for any clarification.
Dan