template-snapshot.txt

account[ali,   "Alice",   "alice@yootles.com"]
account[bob,   "Bob",     "bob@yootles.com"]
account[car,   "Carol",   "carol@yootles.com"]

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(* TRANSACTIONS, LATEST FIRST.  TEMPLATE: iou[YYYY.MM.DD, amt, from, to, why] *)
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iou[1000, ali, bob, 2006.05.31, "this is alice transferring the $1000 back to bob again"]
iou[1000, bob, ali, 2006.05.31, "transfer from bob to alice; maybe alice bought bob a bike"]

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(********************************** SETTINGS **********************************)
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irate[1970.01.01] = .05;
irate[2005.05.31] = .06;     (* Add new lines when the interest rate changes. *)

asOf = LAST;       (* Compute balances as of this date.  Possible values:     *)
                   (* - An actual date like 2006.07.26                        *)
                   (* - LAST to compute up thru the last logged transaction   *)
                   (*   or noon today, whichever's later.                     *)
                   (* - TODAY to compute up thru noon today.                  *)

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(*** NOTES.  NOTHING BELOW THIS LINE WILL BE PROCESSED.  [MAGIC_LEDGER_END] ***)
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Treat the area here like a normal etherpad document, for scratch notes, etc.
Move any IOUs here to comment them out.