Improve error message
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pashagolub commented
The error message is not helpful at all:
- it doesn't tell you where to look for an error
- it disappears immediately not letting you to copy-paste anything to grep files
If I run ledger
it's output allows me to find the error easily:
./ledger -f main.ledger
In file included from "main.ledger", line 40:
While parsing file "2024\24-08.ledger", line 71:
While balancing transaction from "2024\24-08.ledger", lines 63-71:
> 2024/08/02 -----------------------------------------------
> 2024/08/02 Transaction description
> Expenses:foobaz 40.00 EUR
> Expenses:foobaz 20.00 EUR
> Expenses:foobaz 20.00 EUR
> Expenses:foobaz 20.00 EUR
> Assets:Checking:Bank1 -60.00 EUR
> Assets:Checking:Bank2 -20.0
Unbalanced remainder is:
20.00 EUR
Amount to balance against:
100.00 EUR
Error: Transaction does not balance
ananthakumaran commented
I am assuming this because you are looking at the main.ledger file instead of the ledger file that had the actual error? In the latter case, the error would be shown at the editor level.
pashagolub commented
The error is shown when I'm trying to sync. But if I'm opening editor with main.ledger
it doesn't show the error, you're right. And if I am trying to open the exact file, it cannot parse it because it depends on account definitions in the main.ledger
:)