Plain Text Accounting

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So frustrating (lemmy.one)

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I'm trying to set up ledger. I have three accounts from my bank. I exported the transaction history, massaged it a bit, and it seems to work fine. I can't for the life of me figure out how to set initial balances without causing more noise.

I guess I'm just doing this for fun and because I generally like text-based utilities over GUIs. Not sure if I will keep trying. Seems like all the docs, even the get started docs, are for intermediate to advanced users. I can't even get past the "set my fucking balances so they are correct" stage. shit.just.doesn't.work for me.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out the third code example in https://rolfschr.github.io/gswl-book/latest.html#ledger where they set opening balances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Instead of trying to go back to the beginning of the year, I'm going to use this and just start at the moment. It's kind of fun.