I use the ledger.vim compiler and syntax files. This makes the formatting in VIM a breeze and color codes the transactions. I also manually enter the account data.
To enter a new transaction I will reverse search for the payee name with ?payee then switch to visual mode and copy the entry. I use :9999 to jump back to the EOF and paste the transaction. Change the amount and date and move to the next entry. This keeps my tags, accounts and virtual transactions consistent for each category of expense. On Jul 26, 4:47 pm, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: > Doe VIM actually support the format in some way or so you just > manually enter everything? > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 13:35, Doug Philips <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 16:23, Brian Cottingham <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I use Vim. With a few named buffers to paste in common account names I find > >> it perfectly suitable. > > >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM, enderw88 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Is the emacs mode the most popular? Any other methods have advantages > >>> over that? > > > I was trying to use Emacs, because of the ease of ^C^A for making new > > entries based on pre-existing ones. > > However I find it didn't work so nice in practice, because I still > > have to fix the code (check #) and remove the state ('*' - cleared). > > I've dropped back to vim. > > > --Doug > > > P.S. I switch between emacs and vim depending on which makes some task > > easier. > > -- > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > 2008 Brunton Super Stalker > 1989 BMW K75 Hannigan > enderw88.wordpress.com
