[Ledger-discuss] Unexpected exclamation marks on some ledger lines.

[Karl F. <kf...@re...>]

I just started using Ledger (2.6.2, as packaged in Debian 'testing').

I imported data from a GnuCash 2.2.9 file, and the resulting ledger
has "!" marks in unexpected places.  For example:

  2008/07/01 CHECK CARD REWARDS ANNUAL FEE   
      Unspecified                  $25.00
      ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account              
  
  2008/07/07 MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FEE - NO ONL
      Unspecified                   $2.50
      ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account              
  
  2008/08/06 MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FEE - NO ONL
      Unspecified                   $2.50
      ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account              
  
  2008/08/12 BANK BY MAIL DEPOSIT            
      ! Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account       $120.00
      Income:Donations:Restricted              
  
A great many of my entries have a "!" on one line or the other (it
seems never both, though).

The manual at http://joyful.com/repos/ledger/doc/ledger.html talks a
little bit about "!" (in section 2.1), but that explanation appears to
apply only to the first line -- it doesn't explain what "!"  might
mean in the positions where I'm seeing it.  Note that I also see "*"
in a similar position sometimes, which indicates that these really are
the pending/cleared markers described in section 2.1... perhaps they
were just misplaced by the import process?

Any hints welcome.

-Karl