Hi, I'm having trouble passing format strings (-F) to ledger using org-babel. When I pass -F to :cmdline, I get the following error:
Not enough arguments for format string. This appears to be a problem with the %-markup in the format string. Posted below is a sample org file containing the steps to reproduce the error and the expected results. Cheers, Viktor * Setup babel We need ledger and shell support. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :results silent (require 'ob-ledger) (require 'ob-sh) #+end_src * Sample data Here's some sample data: - monthly budget 100 € for food - spent 10 € on groceries - spent 5 € taxi fare #+srcname: sample-data #+begin_src ledger :noweb yes :tangle sample.ledger ~ Monthly Expenses:Food 100,00 € Assets 2011/05/13 Groceries Expenses:Food 10,00 € Assets 2011/05/13 Taxi fare Expenses 5,00 € Assets #+end_src #+results: sample-data : -15,00 € Assets : 15,00 € Expenses If you tangle the code above, this block should also produce a balance: #+begin_src sh :results output cat sample.ledger | ledger -f - bal #+end_src #+results: : -15,00 € Assets : 15,00 € Expenses * How to reproduce the error I want to create a table containing the budgeted accounts as well as unbudgeted expenses: #+begin_src ledger :noweb yes :cmdline -F "%A\t%t\n" -p 2011/5 --budget -M reg ^Expenses <<sample-data>> #+end_src #+begin_src ledger :noweb yes :cmdline -F "%D\t%P\t%t\n" -p 2011/5 --unbudgeted reg ^Expenses <<sample-data>> #+end_src Evaluating these blocks produces the error. The problem appears to be the percentage signs. For example, the following works, producing two lines for the balance block shown above. #+begin_src ledger :noweb yes :cmdline -F "LINE\n" bal <<sample-data>> #+end_src #+results: : LINE : LINE * Expected results Here are the same commands (as I understand it) on the shell. Bundgeted accounts: #+begin_src sh cat sample.ledger | \ ledger -f - -F "%A\t%t\n" -p 2011/5 --budget -M reg ^Expenses #+end_src #+results: | Expenses:Food | -90,00 € | Unbudgeted expenses: #+begin_src sh cat sample.ledger | \ ledger -f - -F "%D\t%P\t%t\n" -p 2011/5 --unbudgeted reg ^Expenses #+end_src #+results: | 2011/05/13 | Taxi fare | 5,00 € |