docs: !account and !include

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Simon Michael 2010-05-24 19:16:16 +00:00
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@ -730,6 +730,41 @@ respect: we assume unit prices do not vary over time. This is good for
simple reporting of foreign currency transactions, but not for tracking
fluctuating-value investments or capital gains.
#### Including other files
You can pull in the content of additional journal files, by writing lines like this:
!include other/file.journal
#### Set parent account
You can specify a default parent account in a section of the journal with
the `!account` directive:
!account home
2010/1/1
food $10
cash
!end
If `!end` is omitted, the effect lasts to the end of the file.
The above is equivalent to:
2010/01/01
home:food $10
home:cash $-10
Included files are also affected, eg:
!account business
!include biz.journal
!end
!account personal
!include personal.journal
!end
#### Timelog reporting
hledger will also read timelog files in timeclock.el format. As a