From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:44:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87txoqutgb.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130304210605.GC5901@kenny.fritz.box> (Viktor Rosenfeld's message of "Mon, 4 Mar 2013 22:06:05 +0100")
Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> Going over you original reply, I was wondering how you add to blocks
> such as <<expenses-car>> 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
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-27 10:29 Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events? Harum Budi
2013-03-01 8:47 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-03-01 10:09 ` Harum Budi
2013-03-01 13:11 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-03-01 14:17 ` Jeffrey Brent McBeth
2013-03-01 20:13 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2013-03-04 8:52 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-03-04 21:06 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2013-03-05 8:44 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2013-03-05 18:25 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
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