# Toward a more intuitive input syntax for plain text accounting

**URL:** <https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/toward-a-more-intuitive-input-syntax-for-plain-text-accounting/197>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** beancount\
**Created:** [March 17, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/toward-a-more-intuitive-input-syntax-for-plain-text-accounting/197 "2024-03-17T19:05:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ooker](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/ooker/32/251_2.png) [@Ooker](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/Ooker)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/toward-a-more-intuitive-input-syntax-for-plain-text-accounting/197/12 "2025-10-07T04:10:18Z")

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