From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: quotes/invoices Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:47:44 +0800 Message-ID: <87lhver7nz.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86ioqj3s6v.fsf@atmarama.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397047533 3728 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2014 12:45:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:45:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 09 14:45:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrsd-0003Gb-P0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:45:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45967 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrsd-0004bv-D0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:45:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56607) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrsG-0004J3-Pr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrs9-0004jw-TE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:45:04 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrs9-0004jb-Md for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:44:57 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXrs8-0002uU-7l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:44:56 +0200 Original-Received: from 50.56.99.223 ([50.56.99.223]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:44:56 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 50.56.99.223 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:44:56 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.56.99.223 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MIo/dmtxYfo3souZFA1dypexJgQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97057 Archived-At: Gour writes: > Hello, > > I did move lot of my stuff to Emacs-related packages and now wonder if I > could replace PHP/MySQL app for creating business quotes and invoices > with some adequate Emacs package? > > It should be able to keep records of posted quotes and invoices, items > (we sell services) as well as database of our clients along with ability > to create nice PDF output. > > Any hint? > > Considering I'm new to Emacs, please, take into consideration I'm not > (yet) too familiar with Elisp hackery. Many people use Org for doing things like this: it provides a nice way to create structured documents, duplicate that structure, create (simple) data stores, operate on that data with more or less complicated program snippets, and export the whole mess to a variety of formats, including PDF via Latex. If you're a new emacs user you might find it a wee bit overwhelming to be learning emacs and org at the same time, but in the long run it would probably be worth it. There's a separate (and very active) Org mailing list as well. Eric http://orgmode.org/