On 2014-07-20 16:17, Gmail <[email protected]> writes:

> Alan,
>
> Thanks for sharing this. I ran across your example when I was
> searching the list but it was a bit beyond me since I hadn't a working
> version of Erik's example at the time. But yours intrigues me. As I
> read this, it appears that you keep all your ledger data in a separate
> file, mescomptes.ledger, is that correct?

Yes, I'm entering transactions and reconciling accounts using
ledger-mode only. The org-mode part is for reporting and dealing with
the budget.

> Am I also correct in thinking that all of the code blocks you shared
> are run from within the same org file?

Yes, but the one I only use is the table (the other code blocks are
there to support it). My workflow usually is (I do this once a week):
- enter the transactions by hand (I like doing it that way as it gives
  me a good sense of how I spend money, tab completion of accounts
  works great for that);
- reconcile with my bank account (the ledger-mode reconcile view is
  most useful for this);
- evaluate the formulas in the big table of my org file and look at
  how much I have left to spend for each envelope.

At the beginning of each month, I may tweak a little the budget, then
I run the last bit of code that generates a ledger transaction from
Unallocated to the Expense envelopes. I copy and paste this
transaction in my ledger file. (Usually I also copy and paste the
scheduled transactions for the coming month, but this is irrelevant to
the org setup.)

Alan

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