Templates

[jrpie]

I have a number of recurring transactions where only the date and amount changes, but payee and accounts stay the same. It would be nice to be able to enter such transactions very quickly.

I'd suggest to add templates that come with pre-filled values.

Templates might be stored as comment in the ledger file itself (maybe in a different ledger file? see #72)

; --- nano-ledger-template ---
; {} Grocery store
;    Expenses:Food:Groceries                                       {}
;    Assets:Checking
; --- end nano-ledger-template ---

Proposed UI:

• Long click the floating action button to show a list of templates.
• Creating and updating templates could be done in settings (or by just writing them as comments in the ledger file)

[chvp]

I'm not necessarily against adding this, but I wonder if you know about the copy and edit feature? That's what I usually use for these types of situations. You can search for one of the previous similar transactions, then press the left-most button in the top bar. This will take you to the view where you add a new transaction, except with the date replaced to today's date.

[jrpie]

Indeed, I wasn't aware, thanks for pointing that out!

Still, having a template would eliminate the need to search for a similar transaction.