This is related to this: https://bitbucket.org/blais/beancount/src/tip/src/python/beancount/plugins/tag_pending.py?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default
See this thread for context: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/beancount/z9sPboW4U3c/EQk25vKcHDQJ On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Martin Blais <bl...@furius.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Michael Norrish < > michael.norr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> One way to do two-stage cheques would be something like >> >> 2016/1/25 * My Favourite Shop >> Expenses:Groceries $100 >> Liabilities:Unprocessed Checks >> >> 2016/1/31 * Check clearing >> Liabilities:Unprocessed Checks $100 >> Assets:Checking Account >> >> You could assuredly add metadata to link the two transactions to be wrt >> some check #. >> > > Yes, and I'm claiming that this linkage can probably be done by the > computer. > > > > > >> >> Michael >> >> > On 4 Feb 2016, at 15:26, John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Martin Blais <bl...@furius.ca> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:48 PM, John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:41:26 PM UTC-6, Martin Blais wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:13 PM, John Hendy <jw.h...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Greetings, >> >>>>> >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Huh. Yes, I'll definitely have to look into the emacs mode. I assumed >> once >> >>> it was in ledger format it would be *a lot* harder to navigate around >> vs. >> >>> just doing it while it's already in a spreadsheet format. >> >> >> >> >> >> Definitely not, text is there for your pleasure. You typically >> organize your >> >> Ledger input file in the order that makes the most sense for you >> (minus some >> >> constraints: Ledger will report the transactions in the order they >> appear in >> >> the file and the balance assertions are computed as such. Beancount >> sorts >> >> everything by date so order doesn't matter). >> > >> > >> > So, using the demo.ledger file as an example, if I run `convert` on my >> > downloaded bank file, I'm going to get something like this: >> > >> > 2010/12/01 * Checking balance >> > Expenses:Unknown $1,000.00 >> > Equity:Unknown >> > >> > 2010/12/20 * Organic Co-op >> > Expenses:Unknown $ 37.50 ; [=2011/01/01] >> > Equity:Unknown $ -225.00 >> > >> > 2011/01/02 Grocery Store >> > Expenses:Unknown $ 65.00 >> > Equity:Unknown >> > >> > Would you just go through that and manually change all of those >> > categories in ledger-mode? I still like starting from the bank .csv, >> > as it's got transaction ids and the amounts already in there... all I >> > need to do is add categories. It appears that `convert` defaults to >> > the above. As this is the primary thing of interest to me, I was sort >> > of surprised that ledger mode offered no pop-up minibuffer to edit the >> > account, at least from perusing the manual page. I only see options >> > for reconciling, reports, changing an amount, etc. >> > >> > In any case, `convert` got most of my stuff into ledger format and >> > ledger-mode at least recognizes the blocks, so I'll likely just start >> > from there. I still have *a lot* more reading to do... for example: >> > >> > - I noticed in the demo file, the co-op (which I snipped above) >> > purchases were in one chunk vs. treated as separate transactions. I >> > wouldn't default to this and am guessing it's just a preference thing >> > (compared to having one transaction per payment)? >> > >> > - I still wrestle with deposits and withdrawals. Am I the payee? Is my >> > bank? Does it matter as long as some assets category goes positive and >> > another negative? >> > >> > - I'd love tracking checks *as we write them* vs. just waiting for >> > them to appear. This used to really annoy me in Moneydance, as I'd go >> > through the checkbook once a month to see what was written but not >> > come through. Then I'd have to have these little note entries along >> > the way to remind me what the total of uncashed checks were to-date so >> > that the sums added up. I bet there was a better way in Moneydance I'd >> > missed, and I'm positive there's one in ledger/beancount. >> > >> > Anyway, still taking it slow but feel like I'm starting to get to a >> > usable noob state. >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > John >> > >> > -- >> > >> > --- >> > 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Beancount" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to beanco...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/A57D9595-9C57-4D73-9276-86815B04924F%40gmail.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. 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