Plain Text Accounting forum

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Welcome to the Plain Text Accounting forum! Site We are building clarity, balance and financial fitness together, with plain text and nimble tools. Welcome! What is Plain Text Accounting ? Plain Text Accounting, or PTA for short, is a way of doing bookkeeping and acco…	6	838	March 9, 2024
ANN: hledger 1.50 News hledger	0	33	September 3, 2025
How to adjust numbers in the journal with Emacs Calc General emacs	0	282	August 1, 2025
Managing reimbursements General	2	63	July 26, 2025
Iteration: a cycle of data entry, review, and correction General	1	37	August 15, 2025
Hledger helps with travel General	10	162	July 19, 2025
Deep bow of gratitude and respect to everyone supporting hledger (reddit) General hledger	4	130	January 6, 2025
How often do you write/import your transactions? General	25	703	January 7, 2025
Python script to validate files referenced in hledger comments General hledger	0	26	August 11, 2025
Numbering of transactions? General hledger	13	166	June 1, 2025
Moving beyond plaintext accounting – why I wrote my own double-entry bookkeeping tool [reddit] News	1	103	June 10, 2025
A trial of Discourse for Plain Text Accounting discussions Site	26	1400	March 17, 2024
Must we close accounts? …and why? General	8	195	January 22, 2025
Combining multiple hledger reports into a printed document on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper General	6	161	March 28, 2025
Do you have README file? General	3	90	February 5, 2025
Indulging in ice cream leads to some thoughts about value General	5	73	August 7, 2025
Beanquick - mac gui for creating beancount journal entries [reddit] News beancount	1	48	July 27, 2025
Should we remove the reddit category? Site	7	250	March 12, 2024
ANN: hledger 1.43 News hledger	0	52	June 1, 2025
How to treat a unit trust thats stapled to a share General	4	55	July 23, 2025
ANN: hledger 1.42 News hledger	1	82	March 13, 2025
Plain Text Accounting with Emacs - Matt Maguire News hledger	1	116	May 31, 2025
Favorite Text Editors General editors	18	452	March 24, 2024
Using Tags in hledger.journal General hledger	7	161	January 8, 2025
Exporting from hledger to Beancount frustration General	9	126	February 10, 2025
Making sense of your finances with hledger reports – Teo Si-Yan News hledger	2	67	July 10, 2025
Simplify forum categories? Site	5	65	February 6, 2025
Wow. Others exist! General	4	165	January 22, 2025
Chart of accounts - How does yours look? General	15	1220	December 22, 2024
Emacs fan starting with hledger and new to the forum General	6	133	February 7, 2025

Welcome to the Plain Text Accounting forum!

We are building clarity, balance and financial fitness together, with plain text and nimble tools. Welcome! What is Plain Text Accounting ? Plain Text Accounting, or PTA for short, is a way of doing bookkeeping and acco…