branch: elpa/csv2ledger
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Author: Joost Kremers <[email protected]>
Commit: Joost Kremers <[email protected]>
Update README.
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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ restaurant Expenses:Leisure:Restaurant
Set the option `c2l-account-matchers-file` to point to this file. With the
example matchers shown here, if the payee or description of a transaction
contains the string `"aldi"`, `Expenses:Groceries` is taken as the balancing
account. There can be more than one matcher for one account: in the example,
both `"aldi"` and `"lidl"` link to the account `Expenses:Groceries`.
-The matchers are simple substrings, not regular expressions. I have not found
the need to use regular expressions for account matching, and prefer the
simplicity of not having to worry about the special meaning of certain
characters in them. Internally, however, the matchers are turned into regular
expressions and stored in the variable `c2l-matcher-regexps`. If you prefer to
use regular expressions, you can set this variable yourself. Its value should
be an alist mapping regular express [...]
+The matchers are simple substrings, not regular expressions. I have not found
any need for regular expressions for account matching, and prefer the
simplicity of simple substrings. Internally, however, the matchers are turned
into regular expressions and stored in the variable `c2l-matcher-regexps`. If
you prefer to use regular expressions, you can set this variable yourself. Its
value should be an alist mapping regular expressions to accounts:
```emacs-lisp
(setq c2l-matcher-regexps '(("\\(?:aldi\\|lidl\\)" . "Expenses:Groceries")