Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-05 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi Eric, thanks for explaining your structure. Eric S Fraga wrote: > I don't use capture templates; I manually enter the information. I did > use to use capture but found it too clumsy for my setup (or I was never > able to suss out how to define the right capture templates). I don't > reconc

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
Viktor Rosenfeld writes: [...] > Going over you original reply, I was wondering how you add to blocks > such as <> which you reference in your report statement. Hi Viktor, I have named blocks which I subsequently edit using =C-c '= which brings up the block in Ledger mode. By having everythin

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-04 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi Eric, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Using org for this is easier than having to work with ledger > comments. I can also then include, in the org file, the specific ledger > instantiations to get the kinds of reports I want and execute these with > C-c C-c. So, for instance, I have ledger reports on

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-04 Thread Eric S Fraga
Viktor Rosenfeld writes: > Hi, > > Eric S Fraga wrote: > >> My view would be to avoid having two files, an org one and a ledger >> one, and instead combine them into an org file. > > I'm using both org-mode and ledger but I do not mix them. I'm having a > hard time imagining the benefits of such

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-01 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi, Eric S Fraga wrote: > My view would be to avoid having two files, an org one and a ledger > one, and instead combine them into an org file. I'm using both org-mode and ledger but I do not mix them. I'm having a hard time imagining the benefits of such a system, especially since ledger's que

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-01 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 01:11:59PM +, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Harum Budi writes: > > > I was not being clear at all, sorry. Let me rephrase, but bear with me as > > English is my secondary language. > > That's fine! > > I think I understand what you want. My view would be to avoid having > t

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-01 Thread Eric S Fraga
Harum Budi writes: > I was not being clear at all, sorry. Let me rephrase, but bear with me as > English is my secondary language. That's fine! I think I understand what you want. My view would be to avoid having two files, an org one and a ledger one, and instead combine them into an org file

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-01 Thread Harum Budi
I was not being clear at all, sorry. Let me rephrase, but bear with me as English is my secondary language. For more than a decade, I've maintained a log.txt file with content like this (events are fictional): 2005-01-02 [friend] Met high school buddy Frank, talked about A, B, C. He is now marrie

Re: [O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-03-01 Thread Eric S Fraga
Harum, I am not entirely sure what you are asking. I use ledger with org all the time to track my finances. I use babel for this so have entries that look like this: #+name: expenses #+begin_src ledger :noweb yes <> <> <> <> <> <> #+end_src and then have individual blocks for each of these sub

[O] Tips for using orgmode + ledger to record events?

2013-02-27 Thread Harum Budi
Hi all (posted to orgmode and ledger-cli list), I'm looking for ideas/tips on how to best record events using orgmode and ledger. By events I mean things like buying/paying a certain item (groceries, online payment, dining out), going to a certain place (haircut appointment, going to the gym), etc