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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.9 2003/10/04 01:54:31 johnw Exp $
@comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.10 2003/10/10 19:07:26 johnw Exp $
@comment %**start of header
@setfilename ledger.info
@ -508,37 +508,54 @@ If you want to show all accounts but for one account, remember to use
/home/johnw $ ledger balance -- -equity
@end example
@chapter Using GnuCash to Keep Your Ledger
@section Virtual transactions
The @code{ledger} tool is fast and simple, but it gives you no special
method of actually editing the ledger. It assumes you know how to use
a text editor, and like doing so. Perhaps an Emacs mode will appear
someday soon to make editing @code{ledger}'s data files much easier.
A virtual transaction is when you, in your mind, see money as moving to
a certain place, when in reality that money has not moved at all. There
are several scenarios in which this type of tracking comes in handy, and
each of them will be discussed in detail.
Until then, you are free to use GnuCash to maintain your ledger, and
the @code{ledger} program for querying and reporting on the contents
of that ledger. It takes a little longer to parse the XML data format
that GnuCash uses, but the end result is identical.
To enter a virtual transaction, surround the account name in
parentheses. This form of usage does not need to balance. However, if
you want to ensure the virtual transaction balances with other virtual
transactions in the same entry, use square brackets. For example:
Then again, why would anyone use a Gnome-centric, 35 megabyte behemoth
to edit their data, and a 65 kilobyte executable to query it@dots{}
@example
10/2 Paycheck
Assets:Checking $1000.00
Income:Salary $-1000.00
(Debt:Alimony) $200.00
@end example
@node Computing Huqúqu'lláh, , Keeping a ledger, Top
@chapter Using Virtual Accounts
In this example, after receiving a paycheck an alimony debt is
increased---even though no money has moved around yet.
One special feature of the @code{ledger} is the management of virtual
accounts. A virtual account is when you, in your mind, see money as
moving to certain places, when in reality that money has not moved at
all. There are several scenarios where this type of thinking comes in
very handy, and each of them will be discussed in detail.
@example
10/2 Paycheck
Assets:Checking $1000.00
Income:Salary $-1000.00
[Savings:Trip] $200.00
[Assets:Checking] $-200.00
@end example
@section Saving for a Special Occasion
In this example, $200 has been deducted from checking toward savings for
a trip. It will appear as though the money has been moved from the
account into ``Savings:Trip'', although no money has actually moved
anywhere.
@section Keeping a Budget
When balances are displayed, virtual transactions will be factored in.
To view balances without any virtual balances factored in, using the
@samp{-R} flag, for ``Reality''.
@section Tracking Allocated Funds
@subsection Saving for a Special Occasion
@section Computing Bahá'í Huqúqu'lláh
@subsection Keeping a Budget
@subsection Tracking Allocated Funds
@section Automated transactions
@subsection Computing Bahá'í Huqúqu'lláh
As a Bahá'í, I need to compute Huqúqu'lláh on some of my assets. The
exact details of this matter are rather complex, so if you have any
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/home/johnw $ ledger -f ledger.dat balance ^huquq
@end example
@chapter Using GnuCash to Keep Your Ledger
The @code{ledger} tool is fast and simple, but it gives you no special
method of actually editing the ledger. It assumes you know how to use
a text editor, and like doing so. Perhaps an Emacs mode will appear
someday soon to make editing @code{ledger}'s data files much easier.
Until then, you are free to use GnuCash to maintain your ledger, and
the @code{ledger} program for querying and reporting on the contents
of that ledger. It takes a little longer to parse the XML data format
that GnuCash uses, but the end result is identical.
Then again, why would anyone use a Gnome-centric, 35 megabyte behemoth
to edit their data, and a 65 kilobyte executable to query it@dots{}
@bye

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} else {
xact = *x;
}
std::string xact_str = xact->acct_as_str();
if (xact == *x && ! show_subtotals)
xact_str = "(Splits...)";
out.width(22);
out << std::left << truncated(xact->acct_as_str(), 22) << " ";
out << std::left << truncated(xact_str(), 22) << " ";
out.width(12);
out << std::right << street->as_str(true);