I think this is a very interesting idea but I am not really getting it. Imagine that ledger does exactly what you want. Could you put together a brief example command line, the input and output?
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Red Street <[email protected]> wrote: > The preamble route perhaps solves some requirements, but not others. For > example, I'd like to be able to use tags and dates (and even just other > pieces of text) in account meta-data that I'd like to be able to use with > Ledger's filtering and reporting capabilities. I'm hoping the note > sub-directive will help in this regard. > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:56:10 AM UTC-7, Craig Earls wrote: >> >> OK. I think I get it. You want a way to dump account metadata to produce >> custom reports. The ledger metadata methodology uses metadata to determine >> which transaction or posting to display and use in calculations. If you >> want, for example, a preamble with account metadata dumped prior to a >> register report for that account it would be best to develop a custom >> script that grabbed the account level data you want them ran ledger to >> produce the report. >> >> On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Red Street <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:39:23 AM UTC-7, Craig Earls wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not aware of that "note" directive. Where did you find it? >>>> >>>> I too wonder what adding meta data to an account would bring to the >>>> party. >>>> >>> >>> I should add to my previous post with examples of how it could be >>> helpful: >>> >>> Ledger is an excellent tool, but what it does not have (and for >>> excellent reasons) is a GUI of some sort which makes presentation, and >>> sometimes even filtering super easy. My workflow involves feeding csv >>> output from ledger into a custom spreadsheet which makes presentation and >>> filtering extremely easy, and also allows me to share the output with >>> others (payees, accountants, etc.) who don't use ledger. One of the vital >>> parts I'm missing here is account meta-data, which explains my question. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ >> enderw88.wordpress.com >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
