From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Org and ledger Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:36:58 +0800 Message-ID: <87sihvku85.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <4AA4F46C-5ABD-481A-8F95-2401FC407E03@agrarianresearch.org> <87oasj173l.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33025) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmjdv-0001O1-JJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:32:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmjdr-0001vY-A9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:31:59 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54590) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmjdr-0001vU-3g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:31:55 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xmjdp-0007zp-DE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:31:53 +0100 Received: from 103.244.102.210 ([103.244.102.210]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:31:53 +0100 Received: from eric by 103.244.102.210 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:31:53 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Sharon Kimble writes: > Alan Schmitt writes: > > Thanks Alan for this. Ledger is something that I would dearly love to be > using, but I can't find a good tutorial [by which I mean, it works in > small steps which build on the previous steps]. I've looked at > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-04/msg00727.html > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/weaving-a-budget.html > http://hledger.org/step-by-step > > The last one looked the most promising until I tried "ledger add" which > replied - > > ledger add -f ~/.emacs.d/ledger/ledger.journal > Error: Unrecognized command 'add' > > So now I'm stumped! That last link is a tutorial for hledger, which actually isn't the same as normal ledger -- it's sort of "inspired by" ledger, but has different commands, as you discovered. Documentation for ledger is a little spotty. I've found the official docs to be better than anything else, though they still leave a little to be desired: http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Ledger-Tutorial