On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Harshad RJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Martin et al, > > Nice initiative. A suggestion: > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > >> - "Fetching": code that can automatically obtain the data by connecting >> to various data sources. The ledger-autosync attempts to do this using >> ofxclient for institutions that support OFX. This could include a scraping >> component for other institutions. >> >> - "Recognition": given a filename and its contents, automatically guess >> which institution and account it is for. >> > > The "fetching" module already has information about where the data was > downloaded from. Wouldn't it be better to retain this meta-data somewhere, > to help with the "recognition" / "identification" step? > Hmmm that's an interesting idea. But I'm not convinced we can effectively implement fetching reliably yet. I like to be able to recognize just from files stashed in ~/Downloads Recognition from a filename or contents alone seems flaky to me. > Actually, I've been using this alone for a few years and it has worked great so far, not flaky at all. Of course you have to come up with the regexps, but within the realm of a single user's files, it's quite easy to do so. Based on my experience, I see this step as a very reliable one actually. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
