Tim, I will put that in the documentation. Craig.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, Russell Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > In my experience ledger users should have the following skillset prior > to beginning with Ledger. > > - Moderate to high skill with text file creation, management, and > organization as used a command line compilation and programming > environments > - Basic version control knowledge > - Advanced command line facility > - Some prior programming experience regarding the idea of compiling > text files into reports, error message reporting and line numbering > > I've tried to teach two bookkeepers to use Ledger and failed > miserably. They tried to use Windows tools like Notepad++ and scripts > I wrote for common reports. They couldn't grok the idea of having a > text data source and compiling reports from it. I feel your pain > having paid people for their time while I tried to teach them about > the tool I prefer. > > If you already have these skills, Ledger has a gentle learning > curve. If you lack any, I would recommend commercial GUI software. > > Thanks. > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 09:23:14AM -0700, Craig Earls wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected] > <javascript:;> > > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected] <javascript:;>');>> > 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:;> > > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',' > ledger-cli%[email protected] <javascript:;>');> > > > . > > > 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] <javascript:;>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Russell Adams [email protected] > > PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ > > Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 > > -- > > --- > 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:;>. > 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. 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