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#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-08-09

Offline for a while, not much to show in last three weeks.
Improved bad regexp error message; bin/ updates;
timeclock, cookbook, mobile doc updates.
Writing a new course or book on time tracking.

Quotes

it is very satisfying to get a report of my last 10 years swiftly over the weekend. Thanks for the software :) -- droidoneone

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-08-09

Offline for a while, not much to show in last three weeks.
Improved bad regexp error message; bin/ updates;
timeclock, cookbook, mobile doc updates.
Writing a new course or book on time tracking.

Quotes

it is very satisfying to get a report of my last 10 years swiftly over the weekend. Thanks for the software :) -- droidoneone

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:

- bs,cf,is: show interval in report title
- check recentassertions: improve message
- cli fixes
- new example config file
- ui menu screen: consistent control/display of narrowed period
- web: guess a more robust base url without --base-url
- web: require http[s]:// in --base-url
- docs: Date adjustments, FAQ: How to tidy a journal
- daily support
- Michael Rees posted PR #2211 for flexible register sorting

more…
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-19

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:

- bs,cf,is: show interval in report title
- check recentassertions: improve message
- cli fixes
- new example config file
- ui menu screen: consistent control/display of narrowed period
- web: guess a more robust base url without --base-url
- web: require http[s]:// in --base-url
- docs: Date adjustments, FAQ: How to tidy a journal
- daily support
- Michael Rees posted PR #2211 for flexible register sorting

more…
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-19

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger updates are getting more terse each week, as it's often just me right now, and I've been trying to reduce the boilerplate. I send them out to #hledger matrix chat, mail list, news page, and mastodon. And PTA forum..

Except on mastodon, TWIH usually includes a couple of user quotes. I'd like to share some of the great quotes/testimonials I've seen, but sometimes it can feel a bit spammy and self-promoting. Maybe I'll try to rotate them on the website or something, instead.

#ThisWeekInHledger updates are getting more terse each week, as it's often just me right now, and I've been trying to reduce the boilerplate. I send them out to #hledger matrix chat, mail list, news page, and mastodon. And PTA forum..

Except on mastodon, TWIH usually includes a couple of user quotes. I'd like to share some of the great quotes/testimonials I've seen, but sometimes it can feel a bit spammy and self-promoting. Maybe I'll try to rotate them on the website or something, instead.

#ThisWeekInHledger:

Command line parsing testing & fixes; hledger-ui menu screen keys; example shell scripts updates; doc updates (add, config files, hledger-ui).

Quotes: It's hugely valuable to have all of your financial data in one, human-readable place. Not only to you, but to whomever might be executing your will :wink:

more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-12

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:

Command line parsing testing & fixes; hledger-ui menu screen keys; example shell scripts updates; doc updates (add, config files, hledger-ui).

Quotes: It's hugely valuable to have all of your financial data in one, human-readable place. Not only to you, but to whomever might be executing your will :wink:

more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-12

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Ongoing testing/refinement of CLI, config file support; Tiller csv rules example; explain shebang commands better in hledger-script-example... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-05

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Ongoing testing/refinement of CLI, config file support; Tiller csv rules example; explain shebang commands better in hledger-script-example... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-07-05

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger: Worked on CLI and config file support.
More… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-28

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger: Worked on CLI and config file support.
More… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-28

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Updated the hledger-register-max script, fixed a problem with just ghci* scripts, refactored the main procedure and command line processing, worked on config file support.
…more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-21

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Updated the hledger-register-max script, fixed a problem with just ghci* scripts, refactored the main procedure and command line processing, worked on config file support.
…more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-21

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
I fixed an old bug with account type declarations in multiple files, and an incompatibility of --tldr with tealdeer. I automated the updating of option docs in manuals, and worked on
- code cleanups, removing tech debt
- more borders in tabular reports with --pretty
- better command line processing
- a config file system

Misc: The docker image for hledger 1.34 is out.
And more... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-14

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
I fixed an old bug with account type declarations in multiple files, and an incompatibility of --tldr with tealdeer. I automated the updating of option docs in manuals, and worked on
- code cleanups, removing tech debt
- more borders in tabular reports with --pretty
- better command line processing
- a config file system

Misc: The docker image for hledger 1.34 is out.
And more... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-14

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Released hledger 1.34, fixed some CI issues. Improved docs:
- cli, ui, web: synopsis, options cleanup/consistency
- command flags are now included in manuals (and Shake cmddocs updates them)
- environment: correction, NO_COLOR does not override --color=yes
- Generating data: rewrite
- ghrelnotes: fix mac, linux install commands
- secondary dates: officially deprecate secondary dates and --date2
- …more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-07

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Released hledger 1.34, fixed some CI issues. Improved docs:
- cli, ui, web: synopsis, options cleanup/consistency
- command flags are now included in manuals (and Shake cmddocs updates them)
- environment: correction, NO_COLOR does not override --color=yes
- Generating data: rewrite
- ghrelnotes: fix mac, linux install commands
- secondary dates: officially deprecate secondary dates and --date2
- …more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-06-07

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:
sm:
- integrate tldr pages as --tldr
- make help -m, --man jump to TOPIC properly
- --color now also accepts y or n, like --pretty
- CLI commands list and options cleanups
- make checkembeddedfiles more robust
- tools: just twih date fixes
- release prep
- more.. https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-31

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:
sm:
- integrate tldr pages as --tldr
- make help -m, --man jump to TOPIC properly
- --color now also accepts y or n, like --pretty
- CLI commands list and options cleanups
- make checkembeddedfiles more robust
- tools: just twih date fixes
- release prep
- more.. https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-31

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
Actually this fortnight, since I missed a post.
Last week I finished getting hledger back into stackage nightly,
fixed build errors with GHC 8.10,
and updated github workflows.
This week I worked on release automation,
flattened and simplified page tables-of-contents on hledger.org,
updated/added more hledger docs in the tldr project,
and fixed breakage in the hledger-install.sh script on non-windows platforms.
More... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-24

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger
Actually this fortnight, since I missed a post.
Last week I finished getting hledger back into stackage nightly,
fixed build errors with GHC 8.10,
and updated github workflows.
This week I worked on release automation,
flattened and simplified page tables-of-contents on hledger.org,
updated/added more hledger docs in the tldr project,
and fixed breakage in the hledger-install.sh script on non-windows platforms.
More... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-24

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger

- `-I` can now be overridden by `-s` or `check`
- commands list updated
- doc updates: commands list, report start & end date, smart dates, balance command
- site updates: install, FAQ reorg
- Docker image for 1.33.1 is available
- more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-10

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger

- `-I` can now be overridden by `-s` or `check`
- commands list updated
- doc updates: commands list, report start & end date, smart dates, balance command
- site updates: install, FAQ reorg
- Docker image for 1.33.1 is available
- more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-10

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-05-03

- Released hledger 1.33.1
- parse include directives with trailing whitespace
- support ghc-debug for analysing memory/profile info
- commands list reorg
- check ordereddates before balance assertions
- provide a basic openapi specification of hledger-web’s HTTP-JSON API
- doc updates: github release windows install instructions, check command, Contributor Quick Start, Developer FAQ, misc site tweaks
…more https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-03

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-05-03

- Released hledger 1.33.1
- parse include directives with trailing whitespace
- support ghc-debug for analysing memory/profile info
- commands list reorg
- check ordereddates before balance assertions
- provide a basic openapi specification of hledger-web’s HTTP-JSON API
- doc updates: github release windows install instructions, check command, Contributor Quick Start, Developer FAQ, misc site tweaks
…more https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-05-03

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-04-26

- run checks in a well-defined order, and tweak that order
- check ordereddates: drop --date2 support; check primary dates only
- balcmds: show digit groups marks in html output again [#2196]
- retire the main Makefile
- relnotes.hs: generate/update release notes from changelogs
- md-issue-refs.el: manage issue links in markdown
- examples: vanguard, fidelity csv rules updates
- doc updates
- more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-26

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-04-26

- run checks in a well-defined order, and tweak that order
- check ordereddates: drop --date2 support; check primary dates only
- balcmds: show digit groups marks in html output again [#2196]
- retire the main Makefile
- relnotes.hs: generate/update release notes from changelogs
- md-issue-refs.el: manage issue links in markdown
- examples: vanguard, fidelity csv rules updates
- doc updates
- more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-26

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-04-19
Worked on release process, github workflows, platform build issues, mac arm release binaries, CLI commands list, a hledger add ANSI bug, misc doc updates, and released hledger 1.33.
…more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-19

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-04-19
Worked on release process, github workflows, platform build issues, mac arm release binaries, CLI commands list, a hledger add ANSI bug, misc doc updates, and released hledger 1.33.
…more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-19

#plaintextaccounting #hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger:
Investigated/refactored/discussed a problem with boolean query expressions; disallowed date: in OR expressions. Required process >=1.6.19.0 for HSEC-2024-0003. Updated docs: balance assertions, balancesheetequity.

plaintextaccounting.org updates: FAQ, Borrowing and lending, Investing and trading, Shared expenses, project ledger.

more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-12

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:
Investigated/refactored/discussed a problem with boolean query expressions; disallowed date: in OR expressions. Required process >=1.6.19.0 for HSEC-2024-0003. Updated docs: balance assertions, balancesheetequity.

plaintextaccounting.org updates: FAQ, Borrowing and lending, Investing and trading, Shared expenses, project ledger.

more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-12

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger

Hail PTA fans! Doc updates on hledger.org and plaintextaccounting.org;
a new finance/donations page and public ledger for the PTA site and PTA forum, which is now hosted and seeking sponsors;
fixes for roi --value; a Go client for hledger-web, and more:

https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-05

#hledger #plaintextaccounting #golang

#ThisWeekInHledger

Hail PTA fans! Doc updates on hledger.org and plaintextaccounting.org;
a new finance/donations page and public ledger for the PTA site and PTA forum, which is now hosted and seeking sponsors;
fixes for roi --value; a Go client for hledger-web, and more:

https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-04-05

#hledger #plaintextaccounting #golang

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-03-29

Doc rewrites, error message improvements.

Misc:
- More discussion of hledger-interest, a call for improvements,
and a pull request by Dmitry Astapov.
- Some discussion of exporting to Excel/spreadsheets.
- How much attention to bookkeeping is just right ? blog post

Feel free to share your experience reports or interesting links (they don't have to be new) on the PTA forum.

... more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-29

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-03-29

Doc rewrites, error message improvements.

Misc:
- More discussion of hledger-interest, a call for improvements,
and a pull request by Dmitry Astapov.
- Some discussion of exporting to Excel/spreadsheets.
- How much attention to bookkeeping is just right ? blog post

Feel free to share your experience reports or interesting links (they don't have to be new) on the PTA forum.

... more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-29

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:
No hledger dev work this week. The new PTA forum continues to work well. docker-finance, a new cryptocurrency-supporting workflow system using hledger-flow, and the older workflows Full-fledged hledger, hledger-flow and rtrledger,
have been added at https://plaintextaccounting.org/#workflows.
More: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-15

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger:
No hledger dev work this week. The new PTA forum continues to work well. docker-finance, a new cryptocurrency-supporting workflow system using hledger-flow, and the older workflows Full-fledged hledger, hledger-flow and rtrledger,
have been added at https://plaintextaccounting.org/#workflows.
More: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-15

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger
I fixed some doc issues on hledger.org: code blocks can now be scrolled normally, and are cheerily color-coded instead of drab grey.

The 1.33 release is still pending. Another gnarly release blocker remains to fix, and I was burned out on those.

Instead, got deeply involved in setting up a new site for PTA discussions [previously tooted]

...more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-08

#hledger

#ThisWeekInHledger
I fixed some doc issues on hledger.org: code blocks can now be scrolled normally, and are cheerily color-coded instead of drab grey.

The 1.33 release is still pending. Another gnarly release blocker remains to fix, and I was burned out on those.

Instead, got deeply involved in setting up a new site for PTA discussions [previously tooted]

...more: https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-08

#hledger

#hledger news hounds, it's a bonanza issue #ThisWeekInHledger !

A lot of work this week: bugfixing, updating for GHC 9.8, and improving docs. We weren't ready to release 1.33 on March 1st, but it's near.

- support unicode space characters in numbers
- add close --round option, like print
- more private stats output, add memory stats
- dev builds now on ghc 9.8
- bug fixing, doc improvements
…more:
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-01

#plaintextaccounting

#hledger news hounds, it's a bonanza issue #ThisWeekInHledger !

A lot of work this week: bugfixing, updating for GHC 9.8, and improving docs. We weren't ready to release 1.33 on March 1st, but it's near.

- support unicode space characters in numbers
- add close --round option, like print
- more private stats output, add memory stats
- dev builds now on ghc 9.8
- bug fixing, doc improvements
…more:
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-03-01

#plaintextaccounting

Here's what happened #ThisWeekInHledger:

- use a symbolic link's target's directory for relative include paths
- interpret glob patterns in $LEDGER_FILE
- implicitly declare the date/date2/type tags
- add close --assertion-type option
- tweak close --assert's default description
- various doc updates
- hledger-ui dark theme (Jonathan Dowland)
Read more... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-23

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

Here's what happened #ThisWeekInHledger:

- use a symbolic link's target's directory for relative include paths
- interpret glob patterns in $LEDGER_FILE
- implicitly declare the date/date2/type tags
- add close --assertion-type option
- tweak close --assert's default description
- various doc updates
- hledger-ui dark theme (Jonathan Dowland)
Read more... https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-23

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-16:
Not much time for hledger :hledger: hacking this week;
support and doc tweaks, and an updated example CSV rules file for #Daedalus (#Cardano wallet software).
Read more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-16

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-16:
Not much time for hledger :hledger: hacking this week;
support and doc tweaks, and an updated example CSV rules file for #Daedalus (#Cardano wallet software).
Read more… https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-16

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-08

Refactoring and debugging the budget report..
PTA FAQ: https://plaintextaccounting.org/FAQ#where-are-debits-and-credits-why-are-some-balances-negative ..
Dark theme for for hledger-ui..
..read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-08

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-08

Refactoring and debugging the budget report..
PTA FAQ: https://plaintextaccounting.org/FAQ#where-are-debits-and-credits-why-are-some-balances-negative ..
Dark theme for for hledger-ui..
..read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-08

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-02
I cleaned up issue labels, updated the ISSUES page, refined the user pain score, worked on an issues dashboard prototype, tweaked the tags on `close`'s new --assert/--retain modes, and shipped hledger 1.32.3…
...read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-02

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-02-02
I cleaned up issue labels, updated the ISSUES page, refined the user pain score, worked on an issues dashboard prototype, tweaked the tags on `close`'s new --assert/--retain modes, and shipped hledger 1.32.3…
...read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-02-02

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-01-26
Heavy work on
- 2151 close design/docs/features
- 2150 a balance assertions regression
- 2153 a performance regression that has been with us since 1.29
And benchmarking generally. You can read some interesting new performance findings
and help to verify or correct them at https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/2153.
…read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-26

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-01-26
Heavy work on
- 2151 close design/docs/features
- 2150 a balance assertions regression
- 2153 a performance regression that has been with us since 1.29
And benchmarking generally. You can read some interesting new performance findings
and help to verify or correct them at https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/2153.
…read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-26

#hledger #plaintextaccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-01-19

Docs, issues, support, chatter…
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-19

#hledger #PlainTextAccounting

#ThisWeekInHledger 2024-01-19

Docs, issues, support, chatter…
https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-19

#hledger #PlainTextAccounting

- Thinking/writing about improvements to `close` and the new file/periodic files workflow…
- new terminology to distinguish *starting/ending files* vs *opening/closing accounts*…
- new `--assert` and `--assign` modes for `close`
- checked and fixed the remaining broken links on https://plaintextaccounting.org
- surveyed and linked all other https://plaintextaccounting.org/#videos on youtube (they're fun, check them out!)
- …read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-12

#ThisWeekInHledger #hledger #PlainTextAccounting

- Thinking/writing about improvements to `close` and the new file/periodic files workflow…
- new terminology to distinguish *starting/ending files* vs *opening/closing accounts*…
- new `--assert` and `--assign` modes for `close`
- checked and fixed the remaining broken links on https://plaintextaccounting.org
- surveyed and linked all other https://plaintextaccounting.org/#videos on youtube (they're fun, check them out!)
- …read more at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-12

#ThisWeekInHledger #hledger #PlainTextAccounting

Added --assert and --assign modes to close, split the regression bounty between finder and fixer, simplified Open Collective tiers, clarified that add does not add a default commodity symbol, clarified example invoicing scripts, plaintextaccounting.org cleanup, and more:
read at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-05

> ”Plain-text accounting is great. I choose hledger for the accounts of a small side business that doesn't warrant hiring an accountant.”

#ThisWeekInHledger
#hledger
#PlainTextAccounting

Added --assert and --assign modes to close, split the regression bounty between finder and fixer, simplified Open Collective tiers, clarified that add does not add a default commodity symbol, clarified example invoicing scripts, plaintextaccounting.org cleanup, and more:
read at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2024-01-05

> ”Plain-text accounting is great. I choose hledger for the accounts of a small side business that doesn't warrant hiring an accountant.”

#ThisWeekInHledger
#hledger
#PlainTextAccounting

Fixed a tricky csv rule parsing regression #2134 and a debug logging bug.

Improved the project Justfile, improved docs. I also improved and "described" my time and task tracking dashboard…

continued at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2023-12-29

#ThisWeekInHledger
#hledger
#PlainTextAccounting

Fixed a tricky csv rule parsing regression #2134 and a debug logging bug.

Improved the project Justfile, improved docs. I also improved and "described" my time and task tracking dashboard…

continued at https://hledger.org/news.html#this-week-in-hledger-2023-12-29

#ThisWeekInHledger
#hledger
#PlainTextAccounting