Hello,

I appreciate the enthusiasm for Ledger, but I really just don't like the double posting idea period.

I just need totals spreadsheet style, that's about it. I think the whole idea behind bean count is tedious.

I just don't think like a mathematician in this respect, too brainy for me.

I'll take a look at the Org Mode way to solve this problem via the previous posts, thanks.

Sincerely,

Sam

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, at 2:54 PM, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote:
> El 2022-01-09 22:42, Samuel Banya escribió:
> > Ah, Ledger is way too complicated for what it's worth. I've seen
> > videos on YouTube about it, and every person who's praised it is
> > pretty much too smart enough to be able to explain it in simple terms.
> 
> It is very easy.  I made a video for EmacsConf 2019
> https://emacsconf.org/2019/talks/12/ .   I wish someone had showed me
> examples like these when I started with it.  
> 
> My fiancee is a preschool teacher (programming is not her area of
> expertize).  But she quickly learned how to use it.  She keeps about
> 3700 per year with 4500 lines.  It takes her about 10 minutes per day. 
> With that investment, she can even tell how much we have spent on apples
> or on all fruits (as detailed or general as she wants).  On these two
> years, she has saved us about half our budget and has us living much
> better thanks to the knowledge of what we want to invest on.  (We now do
> not think of how to spend money, but how to invest it.  That changes the
> point view completely.)
>   
> There are complicated reports as well as very simple ones that can be
> generated.  And you can always customize them to the last bit.  There is
> also a website http://plaintextaccounting.org .  There is plenty of
> information there.  You can also use org-babel to include formulas for
> Ledger reports.
> 
> Just ask away!  :-)
> 
>