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Document --exchange can accept multiple commodities
The --exchange option can accept multiple comma-separated commodities, but this is only mentioned in one place where --exchange is documented, and notably not in the Texinfo manual. Examples made with the following ledger file: ``` P 2022-06-28 USD 54.81 PHP P 2022-06-28 EUR 58.01 PHP 2022-06-28 * Opening Balances Equity:Opening Balances Assets:USD Bank 100 USD Assets:EUR Bank 100 EUR Assets:PHP Bank 100 PHP ``` [ci skip]
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@node Complete control over commodity pricing, , Fixing Lot Prices, Currency and Commodities
@subsection Complete control over commodity pricing
@findex --market
-@findex --exchange @var{COMMODITY}
+@findex --exchange "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
Ledger allows you to have very detailed control over how your
commodities are valued. You can fine tune the results given using the
@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ from the first posting's cost, you can elide the other amount:
@node Primary and secondary commodities, , Explicit posting costs, Explicit posting costs
@subsection Primary and secondary commodities
@findex --market
-@findex --exchange @var{COMMODITY}
+@findex --exchange "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
It is a general convention within Ledger that the ``top'' postings in
a transaction contain the target accounts, while the final posting
@@ -6529,10 +6529,54 @@ report.
Report beginning and ending of periods by the date of the first and last
posting occurring in that period.
-@item --exchange @var{COMMODITY}
-@itemx -X @var{COMMODITY}
-Display values in terms of the given @var{COMMODITY}. The latest
-available price is used. The syntax
+@item --exchange "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
+@itemx -X "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
+Display values in terms of the given @var{COMMODITY}. If multiple
+commodities are given, values in a listed commodity will remain as-is,
+and others will be displayed in the first listed commodity they can be
+converted to.
+
+@smallexample
+$ ledger balance assets
+@end smallexample
+@smallexample
+ 100 EUR
+ 100 PHP
+ 100 USD Assets
+ 100 EUR EUR Bank
+ 100 PHP PHP Bank
+ 100 USD USD Bank
+--------------------
+ 100 EUR
+ 100 PHP
+ 100 USD
+@end smallexample
+@smallexample
+$ ledger balance assets --exchange PHP
+@end smallexample
+@smallexample
+ 11382 PHP Assets
+ 5801 PHP EUR Bank
+ 100 PHP PHP Bank
+ 5481 PHP USD Bank
+--------------------
+ 11382 PHP
+@end smallexample
+@smallexample
+$ ledger balance assets --exchange "PHP, EUR"
+@end smallexample
+@smallexample
+ 100 EUR
+ 5581 PHP Assets
+ 100 EUR EUR Bank
+ 100 PHP PHP Bank
+ 5481 PHP USD Bank
+--------------------
+ 100 EUR
+ 5581 PHP
+@end smallexample
+
+The latest available price is used. The syntax
@option{-X @var{COMMODITY1}:@var{COMMODITY2}} displays values in @var{COMMODITY1}
in terms of @var{COMMODITY2} using the latest available price, but
will not automatically covert any other commodities to
@@ -7502,7 +7546,7 @@ etc.
@findex --now @var{DATE}
@findex --market
-@findex --exchange @var{COMMODITY}
+@findex --exchange "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
When you specify @option{--market (-V)}, or @option{--exchange
@var{COMMODITY} (-X)}, you are requesting that some or all of the
@@ -7600,7 +7644,7 @@ valuated in another currency. For example:
@cindex LIFO/FIFO
@findex --lots
@findex --lot-prices
-@findex --exchange @var{COMMODITY}
+@findex --exchange "@var{COMMODITY} [, @var{COMMODITY}, ...]"
@findex --historical
@findex --basis
@findex --price