From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events? Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:44:20 +0000 Message-ID: <87txoqutgb.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87r4jzy09c.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87y5e72rj4.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <20130301201343.GA12758@kenny.fritz.box> <87k3pnh7ii.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <20130304210605.GC5901@kenny.fritz.box> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58302) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCoEi-0003aT-FE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:32:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCoEh-0000Re-Hs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:32:40 -0500 Received: from db3ehsobe003.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.141]:3412 helo=db3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCoEh-0000R2-9O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:32:39 -0500 Received: from mail66-db3 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail66-db3-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0990C2E00F2 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DB3EHSMHS010.bigfish.com (unknown [10.3.81.248]) by mail66-db3.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C59C4E004D for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:32:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20130304210605.GC5901@kenny.fritz.box> (Viktor Rosenfeld's message of "Mon, 4 Mar 2013 22:06:05 +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 Viktor Rosenfeld writes: [...] > Going over you original reply, I was wondering how you add to blocks > such as <> which you reference in your report statement. Hi Viktor, I have named blocks which I subsequently edit using =C-c '= which brings up the block in Ledger mode. By having everything within org, I can use headline structure and tags to organise all the different blocks and find them easily and quickly. I have a structure such as this: #+begin_src org * finances ** expenses *** credit cards *** utilities ** income *** pay *** consultancy ** funds *** savings account *** chequing account *** shares ** summaries *** current balance *** income tax **** 2011-2012 #+end_src The only issue, and for me it's a very minor one, is that a double entry ledger system naturally means that many (most?) entries could go into two different headlines above. E.g. expenses are likely to take money from one bank account or another; pay will go into a bank account; etc. For me, the bank entries are mostly about recording interest income and the movement of funds from one account to another. > Also, do you use capture templates for your expenses and how do you > reconcile your accounts without having a ledger file as your primary > data file? I don't use capture templates; I manually enter the information. I did use to use capture but found it too clumsy for my setup (or I was never able to suss out how to define the right capture templates). I don't reconcile using ledger. I do reconciliation manually by visual inspection. Reconciliation is not a big issue for me. My main use of ledger is simply to keep track of where my money is (or isn't, as the case may be ;-). cheers, eric -- : Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D : in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org release_7.9.3f-1199-g3a0e55