I am kinda interested since I am writing python scripts for ledger in my free time right now. What kind of invoices are you looking for? And how would the entries in your journal look like? If you can share some example data, I would be willing to give it a shot (no guarantees though :)
On Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 16:29:00 UTC+5:30 Ajoeibin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 5:40 PM John Wiegley <jwie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>>>> "o" == o1bigtenor <o1big...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > o> Maybe I'm just slow but I can't think of how to write things so that > I can > > o> do all the things I need to do to an invoice. (tracking, aging, > closing, > > o> etc etc) in ledger. There may be some way but I'm not seeing it. > > > > o> Maybe trying to add this to ledger would stretch it out of shape? I > hope > > o> not - - - I like the way it works. Just need to be able to do AR. > Ledger > > o> does AP very very well so how do I bend my brain to get AR thinking > > o> working? > > > > Sometimes, rather than fitting the idea into ledger, it's better to fit > ledger > > into the idea. Imagine what higher level syntax would be best to express > > invoicing, and then write a tool to publish a Ledger file from this > syntax for > > your reporting needs. I'm doing that right now for stock trades, which > are > > possible to track in Ledger but far too verbose, yet it's not too hard to > > imagine a convenient syntax plus some extra math that wouldn't be right > to add > > directly into Ledger itself. > > > > Hmmmmmmmm - - - - now if I only knew my butt from a hole in the ground > when it comes to programming - - - - well then I'd be doing something. > Sadly - - - that's not presently in my skill set. > Which is why I posted here. > > Talked to a friend - - - he had been managing a small services company. > They invoice in one program and then do their accounting in another. > Sounds like a possibility for errors - - - like your idea of something > parked > on top of or working with ledger. > > Anyone out there interested in creating something for invoicing? > > Please? > > Pretty please?? > > (LOL) > > TIA > -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/49e97365-3ca5-4253-a351-f71811cc4853n%40googlegroups.com.
