Paul Beardsell

I now see this has been reported long ago. It is the same issue as #115 and #86. I very much like the solution proposed in #115 and would like...

I follow what you say but you are not correct. What you describe is a mix'n'match of memorandum (single entry) bookkeeping with double entry. So fundamental is the following in...

@edkedk99 : Your misunderstanding seems to arise or you justify from the balancing postings going to "fx:control". Of course that account is an EQUITY (or RESERVES) account as it is...

In my view, if hledger maintains an historic compatibility with the also incorrect Ledger then it is that compatibility mode which requires a command line flag, not the proper implementation...

Read this file: [explain.txt](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/files/4150691/explain.txt) You'll have to rename the following two files removing the .txt suffix. [memo.journal.txt](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/files/4150693/memo.journal.txt) [dbl.journal.txt](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/files/4150694/dbl.journal.txt)

Technically we have not added an extra posting. We take advantage of a short-cut feature of hledger to make TWO extra postings. I know you know that, but nevertheless, it's...

What does the accumulation of posting in the equity:cash account tell you? The balance of each currency tells you how much of each currency is owed the shareholders/partners/householders should you...

I'm a software techie, or was, many years ago. We ran a business writing systems for stockbrokers and the systems had at their heart a multi-security double entry accounting system....

$ hledger bal -f memo2.journal -BV hledger: "/b1/home/psb/PsbPrivate/hledger/tutfx/memo2.journal" (lines 19-21) could not balance this transaction (real postings are off by USD 20) 2011/01/01 FX sale assets:euros EUR -150 @@ USD...

@edkedk99, I really don't mind how anybody does their accounting, I'm merely arguing (1) hedger should not by default allow the double entry bookkeeping rules to be broken and (2)...