On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> We have a lot of docs, in various states of freshness, specific to each > implementation. Also many informative blog and mail list posts. Much of > this is hard to find. > Is it? Reading Stefano's recent ledger list post, I think, not for the first > time, wouldn't it be great if we had all of this linked somewhere > central, curated, and presented beautifully, providing an easy on-ramp > and reference for newcomers and experts ? Actively maintained by the > community ? > I keep all relevant docs linked from a single place: http://furius.ca/beancount/doc/index Everything Beancount can be found there. I think a few choice threads should be linked from somewhere too eventually. If so, where would that somewhere be ? ledger-cli.org and/or its wiki is > the closest existing candidate, but it has never felt right to load that > up with non-Ledger stuff. I think it's valuable for each implementation > to have its own distinct site. I think a separate, well-named, highly > findable site, even a single page collecting all useful links and acting > as a portal to the ledgerverse, could be a win. > > If you agree, what would you call it ? Martin, since you are retiring > your LedgerHub tool, would that name be available ? > It will be "available," - this just means I'll put a big fat notice on its homepage that it has been swallowed by Beancount - but I wouldn't recommend reusing it, that will just create more confusion, it's a bad idea IMHO. Related to naming.. what do we call this whole topic, anyway ? Stefano > used the phrase "command-line accounting". But we have curses and web > GUIs too. "Plain-text accounting" ? Pretty soon we'll probably support > some non-text storage format. "Ledger clones" ? Too narrow. Aside: in > conversation, I use "ledger-likes" for things similar to but not > necessarily compatible with Ledger (ledger, hledger beancount, abandon, > penny) and "*ledger" for very compatible ledger-likes (ledger, hledger). > Command-line accounting is the most evocative IMO. Any thoughts ? > > -Simon > > On 2/4/16 9:41 AM, Simon Michael wrote: > > I think we could pick out a few common tasks to focus our > > tool-building/documenting efforts on. Eg: > > > > 1. importing bank data and CSV generally. All of the tools and basic > > generic workflows for this should be described on one page. Focus on > > CSV, but we should mention OFX too (ledger-autosync is arguably best at > > this with its download feature). > > > > 2. exporting all data and reports as CSV > > > > 3. moving data between the ledger-likes (ledger, hledger, beancount...). > > Again, all tools and techniques gathered on one page. All existing > > formats should be listed. The output of "ledger print" is a sort of > > lowest common denominator, I propose we give it a name and decree that > > every tool should import this as a basic interchange format. And/or a > > standardised CSV representation of it, such as "hledger print -O csv" > > > > 4. moving data from and to other accounting tools (gnucash, moneydance, > > excel, quick{en,books}, mobile account apps) > > > > 5. manual data entry. Editors and their modes, ledger entry, hledger add > > and other prompting tools, hledger-web, recurring entry scripts, etc. > > > > 6. a catalog of journal entries covering all common transactions > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/d0a1826e-2468-ff82-2984-9cc3afdbab1e%40joyful.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- 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.
