From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Millar Subject: Re: simple expense tracking with org Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: <541D8EB4.2070002@verizon.net> References: <877g0yv402.fsf@ithaka.home> <87y4tejurs.fsf@gmail.com> <87a95uwgvk.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51988) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVLd4-0001gw-LC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:27:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVLcy-0001U9-Q6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:27:14 -0400 Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]:37579) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVLcy-0001TQ-LE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:27:08 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([unknown] [70.209.134.217]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0NC700K12ET1BH50@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:27:02 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <87a95uwgvk.fsf@gmail.com> 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 Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes: > >> Could you give a few snippets of examples -- what the org files with >> tags look like, what the result looks like? I'm interested because I >> also use Org to do my budgeting and finances. > You two know about ledger-cli, emacs ledger-mode, and ob-ledger.el, > don't you? > >> Eike writes: >> >>> Hello there, >>> >>> I thought to share a little elisp thingy that I wrote to track my >>> expenses with org. I use the org's capture mechanism to add expense >>> items to some files and the following code only searches through all >>> these files and creates summaries of all found expenses. It is possible >>> to search by date, tags etc. >>> >>> You can have a look here: https://github.com/eikek/org-expenses >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eike >>> >>> -- >>> gpg: AD7AC35E >>> finger print: 137F BB0B 1639 D25F DC5D E59C B412 C5F5 AD7A C35E >> I have found that ledger and Sacha Chua's org-capture-template, modified to my needs, does a great job keeping trackn of my day of day to expenses, amongst other things, Emacs: Recording ledger entries with org-capture-templates Charlie Millar --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com