Vinod Kurup <[email protected]> writes: > I know the emacs reconcile-mode uses the '!' and '*'. > > '*' indicates that the entry has been reconciled > '!' indicates that the entry is marked to be reconciled, but not yet > finalized. Once finalized, it is converted to a '*' > > Individual accounts can be reconciled with ledger, which explains why > some entries have a mark (like 'Assets:Current Assets:Checking > Account' in your first example), but others don't (like > 'Unspecified'). > > If *all* the entries in a transaction get reconciled, ledger removes > the '*' from the front of the individual entries and moves it to the > beginning of the transaction (the top line) so it will look like this: > > 2008/07/01 * CHECK CARD REWARDS ANNUAL FEE > Unspecified $25.00 > Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account > > Perhaps GnuCash uses a similar syntax and this got converted over for > you?
Thank you, this helps. I think GnuCash does not use a similar syntax per se, but uses similar semantics (represented differently in the GUI, of course, and who-knows-how in the XML), and that's probably what got converted over. I am using ledger.el, so I'll try reconciling and see what happens. Best, -Karl > On Sep 20, 5:03 pm, Karl Fogel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just started using Ledger (2.6.2, as packaged in Debian 'testing'). >> >> I imported data from a GnuCash 2.2.9 file, and the resulting ledger >> has "!" marks in unexpected places. For example: >> >> 2008/07/01 CHECK CARD REWARDS ANNUAL FEE >> Unspecified $25.00 >> ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account >> >> 2008/07/07 MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FEE - NO ONL >> Unspecified $2.50 >> ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account >> >> 2008/08/06 MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FEE - NO ONL >> Unspecified $2.50 >> ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account >> >> 2008/08/12 BANK BY MAIL DEPOSIT >> ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account $120.00 >> Income:Donations:Restricted >> >> A great many of my entries have a "!" on one line or the other (it >> seems never both, though). >> >> The manual athttp://joyful.com/repos/ledger/doc/ledger.htmltalks a >> little bit about "!" (in section 2.1), but that explanation appears to >> apply only to the first line -- it doesn't explain what "!" might >> mean in the positions where I'm seeing it. Note that I also see "*" >> in a similar position sometimes, which indicates that these really are >> the pending/cleared markers described in section 2.1... perhaps they >> were just misplaced by the import process? >> >> Any hints welcome. >> >> -Karl
