From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Org and Ledger (was: Re: [ANN] Org Invoice 1.0.0) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:51:56 -0600 Message-ID: <20081207225156.GR28325@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> References: <86zljmjrih.fsf@pmade.com> <874p1hhz9f.fsf@everybody.org> <87skozhgz7.fsf@everybody.org> <2DE3D780-6142-4A45-B4D9-2C66538C9001@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L9STs-0001B8-Bz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:52:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L9STr-0001Ap-9l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:52:03 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35362 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L9STr-0001Am-4Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:52:03 -0500 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]:37272) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L9STp-00030h-Qr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:52:02 -0500 Received: from [206.180.154.148] (helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L9STg-0002CT-33 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:51:52 -0600 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2DE3D780-6142-4A45-B4D9-2C66538C9001@uva.nl> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:25:32PM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi Mark, > > John Wiegley also asked me recently if there would be a path for > intergating > Org with ledger in some way, because apparently this has been brought up > on the ledger mailing list. I have never used ledger, and so I have no > picture in my head of what would be useful. Maybe we should have a > discussion of ideas here? > > - Carsten Ledger rocks as a double entry accounting tool. I've been using it for some basic accounting, expense reports, and more with latex & perl. I even wrote a CSV importer (CSV2Ledger) that provides much of the functionality I felt was missing from importers in other packages (ie: Gnucash). On the flip side, Ledger is exactly that, a double entry accounting tool. Not more, or less. I'm faced with needing the ability to integrate it into some business workflows (ie: expense reporting, invoicing cycles, tax reporting, etc) which I'll have to write all of the logic myself. I can use Ledger for the data, but I have to code the workflows I require. I've been struggling with this for several months, because I want to avoid solutions like Quickbooks that provide a workflow coupled to an accounting backend with proprietary formats in that other OS. I'm certainly open to suggestions. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3