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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Charles Berry Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1641810781; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=tzgdWIqHqKlSh2Vg6E66IxHUDXFBgV52jnRfNph6Qmo=; b=CJdLZGE2dUANrQiS8hbrjh8d/9F4uAGGwLmr+qF8WVOscGrhMqKMPkkb1t+9KEtyDZvbGI HseLfwO5FC2Af9PysE9I1bRYeOvGmenuqhoEu6aKDM2FufH5h2Gi+8zIhdvm0MTpodOUzz Nm/oylCd+WzAUqMTuYULbI0rq3n7NvXKxvcV2EviwIS7YfcQWCmJ+cNlwt2wJukTulUtlO MCSJ+wjMi40feWBtmEagwt1HxZLaCReCND4uxBbxLiMeiWLX1brOZGqMzSIZg2e6a8FByC JcgWnyaQ16nAxtPV1KyDFdNrcNcMO7WOXmQ/DeUz8xGtWnRfrgmB2FggsL2TJw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1641810781; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=RO1sg8Ypir8KGVqUmYUWgERpp1y/pU2iUPa8knJMZ0jRIr+SLf2kbj3eFFS6OjaOfr5lT1 64b32vsoyVZkeYBdVUXE+d3f7I+fitQHFvYZpWK78GsiWhLYb/KHDK1fOAPeWFhCrCzUw3 L+2c8yKn7ScNTQmKhSXB+i2RDWyTeogqshLlIURrtKRNQudFsBZlEHZvv8ITwy41X6bcC0 3heBZ6+yK5NBzquP4r1LuJ+nm/jTS3P0hxvXFPCWsw4dheB/QRap6XN1mUzWQzcgZ90GZF GU+Bmv8t8W9DhNAHGpT9USCIuiFGHOj8riJW0EyaijcUEE8fw/9lSHYTm+ii7A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=CNYjK9ED; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -4.31 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=CNYjK9ED; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 7044C1C968 X-Spam-Score: -4.31 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: Z93A2gAM51Dn On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 at 03:42, Samuel Banya wrote: > > 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. I have similar observations. I don't (so far) see that Ledger (or alternatives) offers enough added value to be worth incorporating in my workflow, compared to directly processing the raw data. The value that would be of interest to me is: - Classifying/grouping transactions at analysis time (not entry time) according to a set of rules/regexps etc. - Drawing insights by analysing past expenditure, with that kind of classification. - Using such insights as part of future budgeting. - An overall functional approach, where the raw data is never changed, and the other inputs to an analysis can be tweaked on each run. I wish plaintextaccounting.org had a forum/ML for discussing this kind of thing, as it isn't specific to any of ledger/hledger/beancount in particular. Best wishes, Neil