**SOLVED**: Ansify the additional newline so that it is not
stripped/disregarded by the ledger executable.
(let ((register-format (concat "\"%(!cleared"
" ? ansify_if (date, bold)"
" : ansify_if (date, blue if color))"
" %(ansify_if (justify (truncated
(display_account, int(account_width), int(abbrev_len)),
int(account_width)),"
" white if color))"
" %((display_amount < 0)"
" ? (!cleared"
" ? ansify_if (justify (scrub
(display_amount), 13, -1, true, color), bold)"
" : justify (scrub
(display_amount), 13, -1, true, color))"
" : ansify_if (justify (scrub
(display_amount), 13, -1, true, color), black if color))"
" %((display_total < 0)"
" ? justify (scrub (display_total),
13, -1, true, color)"
" : ansify_if (justify (scrub
(display_total), 13, -1, true, color), black if color))"
" %(cleared"
" ? ansify_if (\\\"*\\\", yellow if
color)"
" : (pending"
" ? ansify_if (\\\"!\\\",
magenta if color)"
" : \\\" \\\"))"
" %(ansify_if (payee, blink if color
and !cleared and actual))"
"%(ansify_if (\\\"\\n\\\", bold))\n"
"%/\"")))
[INSERT COMMAND LINE ARGS HERE])
On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 4:44:00 PM UTC-8 Keith David Bershatsky
wrote:
> Is there a way to double-space the output of reports (e.g., a register
> report) so that there is a blank line between each entry?
>
> What appears to be happening is that ledger has a built-in replace-regexp
> that removes any extra `\n` beyond just one at the end of the report
> format. Through trial and error, I have found two workarounds, neither of
> them being absolutely perfect.
>
> #1 workaround: Place a `\n` at the beginning of the format string and
> another `\n` at the end of the format string.
>
> #2 workaround: Place a `\n` form-feed `\n` at the end of the format
> string.
>
> With workaround #1, there is an extra blank line at the beginning of the
> report.
>
> With workaround #2, each line without an entry has a form-feed character.
>
> Sure, I can use Emacs to fix anything after the report has been generated,
> either by modifying the report string before it is inserted into the buffer
> or modifying the buffer after the report string has been inserted. I could
> also use Emacs to change the form-feed character into anything else using
> the buffer-display-table to modify that entry. I could use another ascii
> character instead of form-feed, such as a zero-width-space (although I
> haven't tried that). After a few days, I might even start to like seeing
> the form-feed character -- who knows...
>
> All of that being said, is there any way to just use `\n\n` or another
> setting that accomplishes the same thing?
>
> Here is my report format. I need to use a custom register format because
> the ledger executable has a bug that cannot deal with very long payee lines
> when using the built-in register-format where mandatory truncation fails
> and the report stops being generated at the segfault something 1024. At
> some point, I'll file a formal bug report. I'm actually quite happy using
> my own report format ... I just need some double-spacing for readability ...
>
> (let ((register-format (concat "\"%(!cleared"
> " ? ansify_if (date, bold)"
> " : ansify_if (date, blue if color))"
> " %(ansify_if (justify (truncated
> (display_account, int(account_width), int(abbrev_len)),
> int(account_width)),"
> " white if color))"
> " %((display_amount < 0)"
> " ? (!cleared"
> " ? ansify_if (justify (scrub
> (display_amount), 13, -1, true, color), bold)"
> " : justify (scrub (display_amount),
> 13, -1, true, color))"
> " : ansify_if (justify (scrub
> (display_amount), 13, -1, true, color), black if color))"
> " %((display_total < 0)"
> " ? justify (scrub (display_total), 13,
> -1, true, color)"
> " : ansify_if (justify (scrub
> (display_total), 13, -1, true, color), black if color))"
> " %(cleared"
> " ? ansify_if (\\\"*\\\", yellow if
> color)"
> " : (pending"
> " ? ansify_if (\\\"!\\\", magenta if
> color)"
> " : \\\" \\\"))"
> " %(ansify_if (payee, blink if color and
> !cleared and actual))\n \n\"")))
> ...)
>
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