1.ledger

; We are going to do some ledger experiments with
; 3 currencies.  I will choose GBP, CAD, and JPY
; because that's what I work with most of the time.

; I will assume that you know the basics of how to
; use ledger.  If anything is confusing, please
; consult the documentation.  Also, I haven't used
; ledger in a while, so there is a possibility that
; I will make a mistake.  Always trust your own
; eyes ;-)

; Price Lines and Equity
; ======================

; The Price lines set the exchange rate of a commodity.
; Let's start with some simple exchange rates (not
; accurate in real life, but easy for us to do math with).
; The first thing you need to do is to pick the currency
; that you will most often be reporting in.  I'm going
; to pick JPY because I live in Japan.

P 2015/01/01 CAD 100 JPY
P 2015/01/01 GBP 200 JPY

; Now, let's set an opening balance for each of our commodities.
; I'm going to set each to the equivalent of 1000 JPY so that
; it is easy to see what is happening

2015/01/01 Opening CAD Balance
  Assets:CAD      10.00 CAD
  Equity:CAD

2015/01/01 Opening GBP Balance
  Assets:GBP       5.00 GBP
  Equity:GBP

2015/01/01 Opening JPY Balance
  Assets:JPY       1000 JPY
  Equity:JPY

; Try some reports:
;   ledger -f 1.ledger bal
;   ledger -f 1.ledger bal -X CAD
;   ledger -f 1.ledger bal -X GBP
;   ledger -f 1.ledger bal -X JPY
;
; Notice that the accounts balance and that the conversion
; is correct in each case.

; We are going to talk about lot prices later, but just
; so you have some idea of how lot prices work, try
; a balance report with lot prices:
;  ledger -f 1.ledger --lot-prices bal

; The important thing to take away here is that it outputs
; exactly the same thing as if you didn't specify --lot-prices
; because these opening balances do not have lot prices.

; Please move on to the file 2.ledger, where we will
; examine the impact of adding another price line.