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Wow. From hledger's AI policy:
Can engaging with the AI phenomenon be ethical ?
Great question. Let's carefully avoid answering it!
- Choosing to avoid AI use entirely will become increasingly hard if not impossible. [...]
- It is here and will continue to unfold and impact us all for at least the next N years. It shouldn't be left only to the boosters and zealots.
"Can punching babies be ethical? Well, baby punching is here and will continue to unfold, and we can't leave baby punching to the baby punchers. It's called ethics."
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Wow. From hledger's AI policy:
Can engaging with the AI phenomenon be ethical ?
Great question. Let's carefully avoid answering it!
- Choosing to avoid AI use entirely will become increasingly hard if not impossible. [...]
- It is here and will continue to unfold and impact us all for at least the next N years. It shouldn't be left only to the boosters and zealots.
"Can punching babies be ethical? Well, baby punching is here and will continue to unfold, and we can't leave baby punching to the baby punchers. It's called ethics."
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I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3!
Highlights:
- conventional file layout for rules/data/prices
- get command
- commodity aliases
- print aligns by decimal mark
- more intuitive precision behaviour
- more robust lot detection
- average cost basis methods
- customisable report titles
- prices --summary report
- a more robust roi report
- and many other improvements and fixes.https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-06-24-hledger-1993
https://hledger.org/install -
I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3!
Highlights:
- conventional file layout for rules/data/prices
- get command
- commodity aliases
- print aligns by decimal mark
- more intuitive precision behaviour
- more robust lot detection
- average cost basis methods
- customisable report titles
- prices --summary report
- a more robust roi report
- and many other improvements and fixes.https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-06-24-hledger-1993
https://hledger.org/install -
I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3!
Highlights:
- conventional file layout for rules/data/prices
- get command
- commodity aliases
- print aligns by decimal mark
- more intuitive precision behaviour
- more robust lot detection
- average cost basis methods
- customisable report titles
- prices --summary report
- a more robust roi report
- and many other improvements and fixes.https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-06-24-hledger-1993
https://hledger.org/install -
I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3!
Highlights:
- conventional file layout for rules/data/prices
- get command
- commodity aliases
- print aligns by decimal mark
- more intuitive precision behaviour
- more robust lot detection
- average cost basis methods
- customisable report titles
- prices --summary report
- a more robust roi report
- and many other improvements and fixes.https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-06-24-hledger-1993
https://hledger.org/install -
I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 3!
Highlights:
- conventional file layout for rules/data/prices
- get command
- commodity aliases
- print aligns by decimal mark
- more intuitive precision behaviour
- more robust lot detection
- average cost basis methods
- customisable report titles
- prices --summary report
- a more robust roi report
- and many other improvements and fixes.https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-06-24-hledger-1993
https://hledger.org/install -
`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses`
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
Thank you @simonmic for letting me feel cool using the terminal. Love the project
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips -
`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses`
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips -
`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses`
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips -
`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses`
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips -
Hi @simonmic,
thanks for clarifying, so cleaned up, without header and simpler names.Just the + sign with liabilities:vat looks odd:
; I am renting out for a monthly fee, receive payments and owe the VAT to the tax authorities.
2026-04-01 rent april per contract
assets:receivable:customer 20 €
equity:customer2026-04-03 rent april payment
assets:bank:customer 20 €
assets:receivable:customer2026-04-08 rent april billing/tax
assets:bank:customer -20 €
liabilities:vat:customer 3,19 €
revenues:customer 18,81 € -
Hi @simonmic,
thanks for clarifying, so cleaned up, without header and simpler names.Just the + sign with liabilities:vat looks odd:
; I am renting out for a monthly fee, receive payments and owe the VAT to the tax authorities.
2026-04-01 rent april per contract
assets:receivable:customer 20 €
equity:customer2026-04-03 rent april payment
assets:bank:customer 20 €
assets:receivable:customer2026-04-08 rent april billing/tax
assets:bank:customer -20 €
liabilities:vat:customer 3,19 €
revenues:customer 18,81 € -
Hi @simonmic,
thanks for clarifying, so cleaned up, without header and simpler names.Just the + sign with liabilities:vat looks odd:
; I am renting out for a monthly fee, receive payments and owe the VAT to the tax authorities.
2026-04-01 rent april per contract
assets:receivable:customer 20 €
equity:customer2026-04-03 rent april payment
assets:bank:customer 20 €
assets:receivable:customer2026-04-08 rent april billing/tax
assets:bank:customer -20 €
liabilities:vat:customer 3,19 €
revenues:customer 18,81 € -
Hi @simonmic,
thanks for clarifying, so cleaned up, without header and simpler names.Just the + sign with liabilities:vat looks odd:
; I am renting out for a monthly fee, receive payments and owe the VAT to the tax authorities.
2026-04-01 rent april per contract
assets:receivable:customer 20 €
equity:customer2026-04-03 rent april payment
assets:bank:customer 20 €
assets:receivable:customer2026-04-08 rent april billing/tax
assets:bank:customer -20 €
liabilities:vat:customer 3,19 €
revenues:customer 18,81 € -
Hi @simonmic,
thanks for clarifying, so cleaned up, without header and simpler names.Just the + sign with liabilities:vat looks odd:
; I am renting out for a monthly fee, receive payments and owe the VAT to the tax authorities.
2026-04-01 rent april per contract
assets:receivable:customer 20 €
equity:customer2026-04-03 rent april payment
assets:bank:customer 20 €
assets:receivable:customer2026-04-08 rent april billing/tax
assets:bank:customer -20 €
liabilities:vat:customer 3,19 €
revenues:customer 18,81 € -
Five years ago, I received a 100$ regression bounty pretty much by accident for reporting a regression in #hledger [1] (what an amazing concept and stability commitment!). I decided to spread that back as issue bounties to feed into the community [2]. Those often sat there for years, humans take time.
That was before the slop era.
Now, AI bountyhunters want it, so I changed my terms to 100% human work [3].
[1] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1638#issuecomment-892386220
[2] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues?q=bounty%20author%3Anobodyinperson
[3] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues?q=bounty%20human%20author%3Anobodyinperson -
Five years ago, I received a 100$ regression bounty pretty much by accident for reporting a regression in #hledger [1] (what an amazing concept and stability commitment!). I decided to spread that back as issue bounties to feed into the community [2]. Those often sat there for years, humans take time.
That was before the slop era.
Now, AI bountyhunters want it, so I changed my terms to 100% human work [3].
[1] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1638#issuecomment-892386220
[2] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues?q=bounty%20author%3Anobodyinperson
[3] https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues?q=bounty%20human%20author%3Anobodyinperson -
#fedihelp wanted for #hledger #plaintextaccounting: when I sell a product to a customer, does accountng like that make sense or would you do otherwise?
; https://hledger.org/5-minute-quick-start.html#:~:text=type
account assets:bank ; type:C
account assets:cash ; type:Caccount equity:conversion ; type:V
commodity 1.000,00 €
decimal-mark ,account tax:e25:eue:42 ; type:L ; VAT 19%
account tax:e25:eue:12 ; type:R ; buniness revenue net2026-05-10 rent may sale
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
equity:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-11 rent may payment
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-12 rent may billing/tax
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -23 €
tax:e25:eue:42:busi:prod_a:cust_23 3,67 €
tax:e25:eue:12:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -
#fedihelp wanted for #hledger #plaintextaccounting: when I sell a product to a customer, does accountng like that make sense or would you do otherwise?
; https://hledger.org/5-minute-quick-start.html#:~:text=type
account assets:bank ; type:C
account assets:cash ; type:Caccount equity:conversion ; type:V
commodity 1.000,00 €
decimal-mark ,account tax:e25:eue:42 ; type:L ; VAT 19%
account tax:e25:eue:12 ; type:R ; buniness revenue net2026-05-10 rent may sale
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
equity:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-11 rent may payment
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-12 rent may billing/tax
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -23 €
tax:e25:eue:42:busi:prod_a:cust_23 3,67 €
tax:e25:eue:12:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -
#fedihelp wanted for #hledger #plaintextaccounting: when I sell a product to a customer, does accountng like that make sense or would you do otherwise?
; https://hledger.org/5-minute-quick-start.html#:~:text=type
account assets:bank ; type:C
account assets:cash ; type:Caccount equity:conversion ; type:V
commodity 1.000,00 €
decimal-mark ,account tax:e25:eue:42 ; type:L ; VAT 19%
account tax:e25:eue:12 ; type:R ; buniness revenue net2026-05-10 rent may sale
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
equity:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-11 rent may payment
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-12 rent may billing/tax
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -23 €
tax:e25:eue:42:busi:prod_a:cust_23 3,67 €
tax:e25:eue:12:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -
#fedihelp wanted for #hledger #plaintextaccounting: when I sell a product to a customer, does accountng like that make sense or would you do otherwise?
; https://hledger.org/5-minute-quick-start.html#:~:text=type
account assets:bank ; type:C
account assets:cash ; type:Caccount equity:conversion ; type:V
commodity 1.000,00 €
decimal-mark ,account tax:e25:eue:42 ; type:L ; VAT 19%
account tax:e25:eue:12 ; type:R ; buniness revenue net2026-05-10 rent may sale
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
equity:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-11 rent may payment
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-12 rent may billing/tax
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -23 €
tax:e25:eue:42:busi:prod_a:cust_23 3,67 €
tax:e25:eue:12:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -
#fedihelp wanted for #hledger #plaintextaccounting: when I sell a product to a customer, does accountng like that make sense or would you do otherwise?
; https://hledger.org/5-minute-quick-start.html#:~:text=type
account assets:bank ; type:C
account assets:cash ; type:Caccount equity:conversion ; type:V
commodity 1.000,00 €
decimal-mark ,account tax:e25:eue:42 ; type:L ; VAT 19%
account tax:e25:eue:12 ; type:R ; buniness revenue net2026-05-10 rent may sale
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
equity:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-11 rent may payment
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 23 €
liabilities:busi:prod_a:cust_232026-05-12 rent may billing/tax
asset:bank:giro:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -23 €
tax:e25:eue:42:busi:prod_a:cust_23 3,67 €
tax:e25:eue:12:busi:prod_a:cust_23 -
G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 2, with many refinements to lot tracking, based on user testing.
(And also hledger 1.52.1, which adds hledger 2-compatible G and U account types to hledger 1.)
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.99.2
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-04-28-hledger-1992
- https://hledger.org/installRelease contributors: Simon Michael, Joshua Chapman.
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G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 2, with many refinements to lot tracking, based on user testing.
(And also hledger 1.52.1, which adds hledger 2-compatible G and U account types to hledger 1.)
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.99.2
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-04-28-hledger-1992
- https://hledger.org/installRelease contributors: Simon Michael, Joshua Chapman.
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G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 2, with many refinements to lot tracking, based on user testing.
(And also hledger 1.52.1, which adds hledger 2-compatible G and U account types to hledger 1.)
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.99.2
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-04-28-hledger-1992
- https://hledger.org/installRelease contributors: Simon Michael, Joshua Chapman.
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G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 2, with many refinements to lot tracking, based on user testing.
(And also hledger 1.52.1, which adds hledger 2-compatible G and U account types to hledger 1.)
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.99.2
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-04-28-hledger-1992
- https://hledger.org/installRelease contributors: Simon Michael, Joshua Chapman.
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G'day all. I'm pleased to announce hledger 2.0 preview release 2, with many refinements to lot tracking, based on user testing.
(And also hledger 1.52.1, which adds hledger 2-compatible G and U account types to hledger 1.)
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/tag/1.99.2
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-04-28-hledger-1992
- https://hledger.org/installRelease contributors: Simon Michael, Joshua Chapman.
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G'day all. A poll:
Should hledger 2 always infer market prices from @/@@ transacted prices, like Ledger ? (and drop the --infer-market-prices flag)
- Yes, having this always on would be harmless and more useful
- No, having it always on, or changing it, would be harmful
- Other, see my replyOr vote in the matrix poll: https://matrix.to/#/!6BCfAOV-btRKuqChph9Z_ppkIj8KttMoIL_rB4eU0Os/$JveSoLuLOWS_Mg10JDUJKnu33RAclZML03JQ4Lp46qY?via=asgard.chat&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de
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G'day all. A poll:
Should hledger 2 always infer market prices from @/@@ transacted prices, like Ledger ? (and drop the --infer-market-prices flag)
- Yes, having this always on would be harmless and more useful
- No, having it always on, or changing it, would be harmful
- Other, see my replyOr vote in the matrix poll: https://matrix.to/#/!6BCfAOV-btRKuqChph9Z_ppkIj8KttMoIL_rB4eU0Os/$JveSoLuLOWS_Mg10JDUJKnu33RAclZML03JQ4Lp46qY?via=asgard.chat&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de
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G'day all. A poll:
Should hledger 2 always infer market prices from @/@@ transacted prices, like Ledger ? (and drop the --infer-market-prices flag)
- Yes, having this always on would be harmless and more useful
- No, having it always on, or changing it, would be harmful
- Other, see my replyOr vote in the matrix poll: https://matrix.to/#/!6BCfAOV-btRKuqChph9Z_ppkIj8KttMoIL_rB4eU0Os/$JveSoLuLOWS_Mg10JDUJKnu33RAclZML03JQ4Lp46qY?via=asgard.chat&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de
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G'day all. A poll:
Should hledger 2 always infer market prices from @/@@ transacted prices, like Ledger ? (and drop the --infer-market-prices flag)
- Yes, having this always on would be harmless and more useful
- No, having it always on, or changing it, would be harmful
- Other, see my replyOr vote in the matrix poll: https://matrix.to/#/!6BCfAOV-btRKuqChph9Z_ppkIj8KttMoIL_rB4eU0Os/$JveSoLuLOWS_Mg10JDUJKnu33RAclZML03JQ4Lp46qY?via=asgard.chat&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de
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G'day all. A poll:
Should hledger 2 always infer market prices from @/@@ transacted prices, like Ledger ? (and drop the --infer-market-prices flag)
- Yes, having this always on would be harmless and more useful
- No, having it always on, or changing it, would be harmful
- Other, see my replyOr vote in the matrix poll: https://matrix.to/#/!6BCfAOV-btRKuqChph9Z_ppkIj8KttMoIL_rB4eU0Os/$JveSoLuLOWS_Mg10JDUJKnu33RAclZML03JQ4Lp46qY?via=asgard.chat&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de
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Connaissez-vous des entreprises FR qui utilisent le principe de PTA (Plain text accounting) ?
Qui dit entreprise, dit comptabilité à double partie avec suivi des tiers.
Je vois des repos de ressources personnelles, mais ce sont majoritairement des importateurs bancaires.
Aucune trace d'entreprise qui utiliserait ce système (Pour toute ou partie d'une tenue comptable).
Avec ce que ça implique en obligation (FEC notamment)
#plaintextaccounting #ledgercli #hledger #beancount -
Glad it has helped you! A few things that might help:
- other rust projects linked at plaintextaccounting.org
- https://hledger.org/SPEC-journal.html
- https://hledger.org/hledger.html#amounts (manual is a kind of spec)
- amountp and friends in Hledger.Read.Common -
Glad it has helped you! A few things that might help:
- other rust projects linked at plaintextaccounting.org
- https://hledger.org/SPEC-journal.html
- https://hledger.org/hledger.html#amounts (manual is a kind of spec)
- amountp and friends in Hledger.Read.Common -
https://youtu.be/hshDr2Af2RU
Getting off another locked in platform
#hledger #plaintextaccounting -
@happyborg Sure, here's a few examples of people leveraging #hledger in their AI use:
https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/tag/ai/12
https://x.com/CookResearcher/status/2032247670903828596
https://x.com/sudo_goreng/status/2036789525616414970
https://x.com/motdotla/status/2029247616828276838
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@happyborg Sure, here's a few examples of people leveraging #hledger in their AI use:
https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/tag/ai/12
https://x.com/CookResearcher/status/2032247670903828596
https://x.com/sudo_goreng/status/2036789525616414970
https://x.com/motdotla/status/2029247616828276838
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I'm pleased to announce a #hledger double release! First, hledger 1.52, with
more robust paging,
faster valuation,
commodity tags,
and cost basis annotations which are preserved and can be exported (examples provided).- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.52
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-03-20-hledger-152
- https://hledger.org/install -
I'm pleased to announce a #hledger double release! First, hledger 1.52, with
more robust paging,
faster valuation,
commodity tags,
and cost basis annotations which are preserved and can be exported (examples provided).- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.52
- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2026-03-20-hledger-152
- https://hledger.org/install -
@Bebef ahso - ich verwende client-seitig kein Excel oder ähnliches.
Hab eine selbstgebaute Pipeline, welche mit Hilfe von "mlr" die exportierten CSVs normalisiert und dann basierend auf teils generierten, teils manuell definierten Regeln mit "hledger import..." meine Journals generiert.Ich sehe also die CSVs im plain-text.
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@Bebef ahso - ich verwende client-seitig kein Excel oder ähnliches.
Hab eine selbstgebaute Pipeline, welche mit Hilfe von "mlr" die exportierten CSVs normalisiert und dann basierend auf teils generierten, teils manuell definierten Regeln mit "hledger import..." meine Journals generiert.Ich sehe also die CSVs im plain-text.