Before we continue please remember that you paid nothing for this software. I have used ledger for four years now and this is the first time this question has been asked. I don't owe you anything. I will help but if you continue to write as if we do owe you then I am not interested. And I do associate creating blank text files with turning on the computer. It is about all I could do with the Apple ][ I started with when I was 11.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Dee, >> Please don't take offense. I am happy to help. But you caught me on a >> particularly bad day. I have put a huge amount of time into the >> documentation and the emacs code to support editing ledger files and I >> always looking for ways to improve it. That said, for any tool there is a >> minimum required level of knowledge to use the tool. I would not expect >> some one who cannot balance a checkbook to understand how to use ledger. >> And I would not feel responsible to teach that so that they could use >> ledger. I don't think it is appropriate to explain how to create a plain >> text file in the documentation any more than I am going to explain how to >> turn on the computer. >> > > I was going to separate this into different sections but have decided not > to. > > That it is not necessary to indicate that one starts with a basic EMPTY > text file is a huge hole in the documentation. > There is lots of detail for after that but NOTHING on that point. Yes it > seems redundant now that I KNOW what is required it is quite different from > every other program that I have run into or used. > The first request in most documentation is to start the program by using > whatever has been designed to invoke said program. > Instead LedgerCLI asks you to edit a file as your first task. > Note there is nothing on a good place to place said file, what the file is > or any other information. > > Then you equate 'knowing' that a plain text file is needed with 'how to > turn on the computer' - - - - > I don't think I need to tell you what kind of a response that should get. > >> >> I am interested in your perspectives on using ledger and will be happy to >> walk you through some basics. The learning curve will be steep. I can only >> really help in the evenings after I have taken care of worm and family. >> >> We will see how things go. > > Thanking you for your consideration. > > Dee > > -- > > --- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- 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.
