{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442/events","html_url":"https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442","id":196466152,"number":442,"title":"Omit redundant amounts from printed transactions?","user":{"login":"peti","id":28323,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28323?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti","html_url":"https://github.com/peti","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":35075262,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/labels/A%20WISH","name":"A WISH","color":"f9d0c4","default":false},{"id":97130299,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/labels/print","name":"print","color":"bfd4f2","default":false}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-12-19T16:54:52Z","updated_at":"2016-12-20T15:53:50Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When I `print` a journal file with hledger, then the output gives the amount for both sides of the (trivial) transaction like this:\r\n\r\n~~~\r\n2016/12/19 Jasmin\r\n    Ausgaben:Restaurant        EUR 13.00\r\n    Vermögen:Bargeld:Peter    EUR -13.00\r\n~~~\r\n\r\nIf I `print` that same journal with the C++ `ledger`, however, then it omits the amount from the second part of the transaction and prints just:\r\n\r\n~~~\r\n2016/12/19 Jasmin\r\n    Ausgaben:Restaurant                    EUR 13.00\r\n    Vermögen:Bargeld:Peter\r\n~~~\r\n\r\nPersonally, I feel that the second for is neater because it omits redundant information, so now I wonder whether there's a way to make hledger `print` output in the same way?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/comments/268278965","html_url":"https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442#issuecomment-268278965","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonmichael/hledger/issues/442","id":268278965,"user":{"login":"simonmichael","id":10144,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10144?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael","html_url":"https://github.com/simonmichael","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonmichael/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-12-20T15:53:50Z","updated_at":"2016-12-20T15:53:50Z","body":"I seem to remember some reason for changing it to the current behaviour - making conversion prices explicit or something ? There's no option to change it at the moment."}}
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