Re: Feature Request: Number format on sum of property

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Levin <zslevin@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature Request: Number format on sum of property
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:30:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1D058208-4DD2-4CBE-B03D-FA0AFF70E5F9@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200710251159.14646.zslevin@gmail.com>

Hi Levin,

in principle a good idea, only I don't know why it is necessary in  
this case.
I guess you are just adding numbers here?  So I don't understand  
where the error
comes from.  Could you post a fully expanded outline
with all the properties visible?

Thanks.

- Carsten

On Oct 25, 2007, at 5:59 AM, Levin wrote:

> Currently I'm using org-mode to manage my financial tables. The  
> columnview is
> absolutely great on this:
>
> ------------8<------------------8<------------
> * org-balance
>    :PROPERTIES:
> :COLUMNS: %30ITEM %20balance(Book Balance){+} %20uncleared(Uncleared)
> {+} %20bank(Bank Balance){+}
>    :END:
>
> #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id local
> | ITEM                |       Book Balance | Uncleared |       Bank  
> Balance |
> |---------------------+--------------------+----------- 
> +--------------------|
> | *  org-balance      | 244.85000000000002 |       0.0 |  
> 244.85000000000002 |
> | **  housing         |             -150.0 |       0.0  
> |             -150.0 |
> | ***  Parking        |            -150.00 |      0.00 |             
> -150.00 |
> | **  communication   |             394.85 |       0.0  
> |             394.85 |
> | ***  wang tong      |             160.00 |      0.00  
> |             160.00 |
> | ***  xiao ling tone |             103.00 |      0.00  
> |             103.00 |
> | ***  shen zhou xing |             131.85 |      0.00  
> |             131.85 |
> #+END
> ------------8<------------------8<------------
>
> However, you might notice that the float number is not correctly  
> formatted.
> May I have some magic cookie in COLUMNS format to specify it?  
> Something like
>  "%20balance(Book Balance){+}[%.2f]" ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Levin
>
>
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