Hi Jeroen,
I use the payee field to denote the person/institution where
the money flows to and use a Payee tag to set a different payee
for the individual postings.
One example: Assume I've made some digital prints and
bought some binders and pens along with that at my
favorite copy shop ACME Inc.
Now the money flows to AMCE Inc. (payee) and
comes from my checking account (1st posting)
though for me it is a office supply expense (2nd posting)
% cat <<EOF | ledger -f - reg --wide
2012/10/30 * (1) ACME Inc.
Assets:Bank:Checking € 50,00
Expenses:Office Supplies
; Payee: Binders, Pens, Digital Prints
EOF
30.10.2012 ACME Inc. Assets:Bank:Checking € 50,00 €
50,00
Binders, Pens, Digital Prints Expenses:Office Supplies € -50,00
0
The example demonstrates, that the payee field is set for each
posting individually, the best of both worlds ;)
Best regards,
Alexis
