formatting in ledger, trying to get display_total in a straight line.

[James]

Hi,

I am struggling with ledger formatting. I am trying to get the total amount in a straight line.

--format "\ %((depth_spacer)+(partial_account))\  %(display_total)\n%/"

I am not very good with the formatting and would appreciate if someone could help with the above so that the display_total is indented (and in a straight line).

Thanks !

[Sam Tetruashvili]

Can you provide an example of your desired output?

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[James]

Yes. Absolutely,

The desired output is like in the Ledger manual example:-

https://imgur.com/a/hhJjDrd

When I try doing this on my machine the display totals(and percent values) are messy. They are not straight but rather squiggly. I think it has to do something with the formatting commands.

Current Output :

 Food 10.00 USD
  Water 5.00 USD
  Egg 2.00 USD
  Cheese 3.00 USD

Desired Output :

 Food           10.00 USD
  Water          5.00 USD
  Egg              2.00 USD
  Cheese       3.00 USD

[Sam Tetruashvili]

I've had a similar problem and added the following to my .ledgerrc

--balance-format %(justify(scrub(display_total), 20, -1, true, color)) %(!options.flat ? depth_spacer : '')%-(ansify_if(partial_account(options.flat), cyan if color))\n%/%$1\n%/--------------------\n

The only difference here is that I print out the value of each account before the name of each account (I did this because I have some long account names). You could probably start with this and edit it to suit your needs. The justify command is how I align the display_total values printed to the terminal. Also, if you don't like the cyan color feel free to swap it with any other terminal text color (I used cyan because the default dark blue text for the account names doesn't provide enough contrast on a black terminal).

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