szpon the wizardJan 31

Is someone using Emacs for expenses and can recommend something or share their setup? I despise excel sheets and maybe Emacs can help me.

#emacs #orgmode

Show threadPaul Bryan

@szpon I haven't tried it, but [ledger](https://ledger-cli.org/) might be what you're after.

There's [ledger mode](https://github.com/ledger/ledger-mode) and [org-babel](https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-ledger.html) support in emacs.

ledger, a powerful command-line accounting system - ledger

Website and documentation for the open source command-line double-entry accounting system named ledger

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Show threadszpon the wizardJan 31
@pabryan this is interesting thank you!
Show threadkimothyFeb 1

@szpon @pabryan

I've used Ledger for years, and it's great. It even has a emacs major mode, an reports. https://plaintextaccounting.org/ is a good source of informaion for methods, tools etc. There are options.

Plain Text Accounting (PTA) - plaintextaccounting.org

Show threadYankeeDoodleAndyJan 31
@pabryan @szpon I have enjoyed using #ledger in #emacs, the melpa package provides a mechanism to register shortcuts for ledger commands you run frequently, among some other helpful things. It also provides some interesting org integrations, but those can be slow if you just want to use one big ledger for everything
Show threadPaul BryanJan 31
@ablatedsprocket @szpon nice. It's on my (long) todo list of things to try in emacs