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diff --git a/lisp/ldg-exec.el b/lisp/ldg-exec.el
index d740fccc..3881f8e9 100644
--- a/lisp/ldg-exec.el
+++ b/lisp/ldg-exec.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defgroup ledger-binary nil
+(defgroup ledger-exec nil
"Interface to the Ledger command-line accounting program."
:group 'ledger)
@@ -7,27 +7,28 @@
:type 'file
:group 'ledger)
-(defvar ledger-delete-after nil)
+(defun ledger-exec-ledger (input-buffer &optional output-buffer &rest args)
+ "Run Ledger."
+ (if (null ledger-binary-path)
+ (error "The variable `ledger-binary-path' has not been set"))
+ (let ((buf (or input-buffer (current-buffer)))
+ (outbuf (or output-buffer
+ (generate-new-buffer " *ledger-tmp*"))))
+ (with-current-buffer buf
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write 'utf-8)
+ (coding-system-for-read 'utf-8))
+ (apply #'call-process-region
+ (append (list (point-min) (point-max)
+ ledger-binary-path nil outbuf nil "-f" "-")
+ args)))
+ outbuf)))
-(defun ledger-run-ledger (buffer &rest args)
- "run ledger with supplied arguments"
- ;; Let's try again, just in case they moved it while we were sleeping.
- (cond
- ((null ledger-binary-path)
- (error "The variable `ledger-binary-path' has not been set"))
- (t
- (let ((buf (current-buffer)))
- (with-current-buffer buffer
- (let ((coding-system-for-write 'utf-8)
- (coding-system-for-read 'utf-8))
- (apply #'call-process-region
- (append (list (point-min) (point-max)
- ledger-binary-path ledger-delete-after
- buf nil "-f" "-")
- args))))))))
-
-(defun ledger-run-ledger-and-delete (buffer &rest args)
- (let ((ledger-delete-after t))
- (apply #'ledger-run-ledger buffer args)))
+(defun ledger-exec-read (&optional input-buffer &rest args)
+ (with-current-buffer
+ (apply #'ledger-exec-ledger input-buffer nil "emacs" args)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (prog1
+ (read (current-buffer))
+ (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))
(provide 'ldg-exec)