cannot define --separator option about hledger-flow HOT 2 CLOSED

Hi @apauley . Thanks for the heads-up. I did not see the other issue. Shame on me. I like the idea of the separator-char option in the rules file. That would be superb.

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Hi @weitzj, thanks for taking the time to write up this request.

We've previously discussed this exact issue:
#49 (comment)

To summarize:

• hledger-flow can help you here, just in a different way than you requested.
• We don't want to add any separator option to the command-line options of hledger-flow, because hledger-flow operates on multiple accounts and we don't want to enforce something intended for one account on all accounts.
• The proper solution for this issue would be to add a separator option in hledger's rules file itself. You should help flesh out some of the design issues in this hledger issue: simonmichael/hledger#868
• Right now hledger-flow can help you if you use a preprocess or a construct script.
• The construct script could possibly be an easy solution, the contents of such a script could just be an hledger import for the relevant account with any options you need, e.g. --separator=";"
• If you go for the preprocess script option then that would change the separator of the input files.

Hope that helps you move forward with automating your finances!

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