On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM Tavis Ormandy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2025-08-16, Henry Mitchell wrote: > > If I set the posting cost as above, it creates a pricedb entry that > affects > > the cash purchases. If I use a virtual posting cost using (@@), the > pricedb > > entry doesn't get created, but `--historical --exchange USD` seems to > > ignore the explicit posting cost, so all 3 postings get valued at 10.00 > > USD. Is this intended behavior? > > I think it does makes sense, because you're effectively just ignoring it. > > > If so, how can I have it show the Cash > > transactions as 10.00 USD and the Credit transaction as 11.00 USD? > > > > I *think* you don't want the historical value (the fair market value of > the commodity at the time you purchased it), you want what you *actually* > paid (regardless of any discounts or fees to the fmv)... so you want the > basis, no? So just --basis instead of --historical? > > Thanks Tavis. I think --basis does what I expected. I kinda sorta understand why. Maybe it'll become clearer to me as I try to make use of this flag for what I would like to do. > Tavis. > > -- > _o) $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com > /\\ _o) _o) $ finger [email protected] > _\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/108nuoi%24tg9%241%40ciao.gmane.io > . > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/CACTkciMVvddASKJYTMgi2oUNXpBNRvqRV5JBjnpZ5bbCsXoWuA%40mail.gmail.com.
