On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/7/14 9:55 PM, Erik Hetzner wrote: > >> So what is the series of commands that are used to create a journal in >>> ??????? ? >>> >> > hledger has an "add" command which can get you started without needing a > journal file or editor. > > It will create whatever file you have defined in the LEDGER_FILE > environment variable, or ~/.hledger.journal. Ledger will use whatever you > have defined in LEDGER_FILE. So to make sure both tools see the same file, > you could do eg: > > $ echo "export LEDGER_FILE=~/general.journal" >>~/.bashrc > $ source ~/.bashrc > $ hledger add > Date [2014/07/08]: > ... > IMHO the presence of such a command defeats the purpose of creating a language in the first place. If you can't edit a text file, you probably should not be using Ledger or Beancount. I just can't imagine any realistic scenario where that ends in a happy story. You won't be able to debug issues with the input without having a good handle on the file contents. Suggesting such a user to rely on "ledger add" is not going to serve him well. I'm not trying to be nasty... just realistic. The whole point of creating a language is so that we don't have to have a UI. My advice to the original user would be: go install some other software. Try GnuCash, get QuickBooks, etc. -- --- 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/d/optout.
