From 767ab3e39c8dd6024c0904370654e5f0a9e24b2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matus Goljer <matus.goljer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:03:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Align amounts on the decimal separator.

That is:
  A   $10.00
  B    $5
  C  -$15.00

Before the numbers aligned at the end of the last digit.
---
 lisp/ledger-post.el  |  3 +--
 lisp/ledger-regex.el | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/ledger-post.el b/lisp/ledger-post.el
index 5696d0e4..d741442a 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-post.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-post.el
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ point at beginning of the commodity."
     (when (re-search-forward ledger-amount-regex end t)
       (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
       (skip-syntax-forward " ")
-      (- (or (match-end 4)
-             (match-end 3)) (point)))))
+      (- (match-end 3) (point)))))
 
 (defun ledger-next-account (&optional end)
   "Move to the beginning of the posting, or status marker, limit to END.
diff --git a/lisp/ledger-regex.el b/lisp/ledger-regex.el
index cf86b2f9..6ced0223 100644
--- a/lisp/ledger-regex.el
+++ b/lisp/ledger-regex.el
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@
 (defconst ledger-amount-regex
   (concat "\\(  \\|\t\\| \t\\)[ \t]*-?"
           "\\([A-Z$€£₹_(]+ *\\)?"
-          "\\(-?[0-9,]+\\)"
-          "\\(\\.[0-9)]+\\)?"
+          ;; We either match just a number after the commodity with no
+          ;; decimal or thousand separators or a number with thousand
+          ;; separators.  If we have a decimal part starting with `,'
+          ;; or `.', because the match is non-greedy, it must leave at
+          ;; least one of those symbols for the following capture
+          ;; group, which then finishes the decimal part.
+          "\\(-?\\(?:[0-9]+\\|[0-9,.]+?\\)\\)"
+          "\\([,.][0-9)]+\\)?"
           "\\( *[[:word:]€£₹_\"]+\\)?"
           "\\([ \t]*[@={]@?[^\n;]+?\\)?"
           "\\([ \t]+;.+?\\|[ \t]*\\)?$"))