On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Continuing the "new docs site, anyone ?" thread. I've called it "portal > site" this time to suggest a landing and jump-off page, rather than a > reworking of existing docs (an interesting but separate topic). > > I have an itch and a vision for this, so I guess I'll go ahead and > scratch it, briefly. I'd love for others to jump on board, so I'd like > to do this in a way y'all, including you John, Martin B, and other > project leads, approve of and will help with. Hence all this brainstorming. > > But, I also need to throw something up quick while the motivation is > strong. At minimum, I'll end up with a links page that's useful for me; > that's still good. So I'm gathering content notes on this etherpad page > - all help is most welcome! > > > https://oasis.sandstorm.io/shared/UAYLwagGI0a2pIMg9Hhv74K04nbuxanXiS5ZtBV6NF- > > That's an unmemorable url, so I'd like to replace it asap. I will soon > pick something temporary, and change it when we decide on something better. > > The goals listed there right now are: > > - a good introductory landing page for newcomers to the world of > ledger-likes > - a good roadmap to all ledger-likes, their docs, and useful generic > docs, emails, blog posts > - covers all ledger-likes neutrally > - easy to find, spell, remember > - easily and actively maintained; no stale/unmaintained bits > - renders robustly across devices > - visually attractive > > So, back to the naming discussion. I need a domain name suitable for the > above, that most of us like! Here are some possibilities and comments. > Please suggest more, and/or, if you feel ready, name your first and > second preference. (In all cases, the suffix is assumed to be .org > unless you say otherwise). > > Without "ledger" in the name: > ----------------------------- > > plaintextaccounting > A fundamental characteristic of all ledger-likes, so far. > Understandable and inviting. > cli-accounting is another idea > > functionalaccounting > Another fundamental characteristic, though not universal. > Less clear, more scary, requires explanation. > > With "ledger" in the name: > -------------------------- > > ledgerhub > Familiar and clear, in the github era. > Martin has a retired tool called LedgerHub and is against reusing the > name (but might be persuadable if we all asked very very nicely). > I don't "own" the name, it's just a name I happened to use for that project. I'm not against reusing it, I just think it's unwise because of the precedent. You're welcome to use it if that's your favorite choice for this doc project. plaintextledger > > plaintextledgers > > ledgerworld > > > ledgerlikes > > ledger-likes > > ledgerlike > > > Possibly too Ledger-specific-sounding: > -------------------------------------- > > introtoledger > > welcometoledger > > ledgerguide > > ledgeriseasy > > > Thanks for reading this far. :) > -Simon > > > > > On 2/7/16 8:44 AM, Simon Michael 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. > > > > 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 ? > > > > 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 ? > > > > > > 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). > > > > Any thoughts ? > > > -- > > --- > 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. > -- --- 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.
