virgins...@vfemail.net writes: > There's a GTK-based (gnome-based glade-based guile-based...) > accounting package called Gnucash (www.gnucash.org).
My latest current complaint with GnuCash is the lack of support for commodities purchased outside of a commodity exchange. What I want to do is enter my receipts for gas for my car, both for me and my wife, then run a report on some periodic basis comparing gasoline usage. I can't just ask: "How much did I spend on gas compared to last year?" That is an insufficient question with the volatility in oil prices. I don't purchase gasoline from an exchange either, something GnuCash seems to want me to enter in order to track commodities. My goal is to track the gasoline usage, not the cost of the gasoline I use. The former doesn't vary much, whereas the latter varies drastically. This is a simple concept which can be applied to anything which can have a fluctuating currency value. FWIW, 'ledger' makes this fairly simple. And it uses emacs as an interface to boot, which makes it even better in my mind ;) -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/