Re: Can I keep budget using Emacs?

[Memnon Anon]

Anselm Helbig <anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> writes:

> At Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:33:46 +0800,
> Water Lin <WaterLin@ymail.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Is there any mode to keep notes about how I spend my money?
>> 
>> I am just very interesting to try some mode like keeping budget. Or is
>> there some mode like Excel in emacs?
>
> Have a look at http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryFinancial

http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg10198.html

In this mail, Matthew Lundin describes a setup for tracking expenses
with orgmode.

,----[ Quote Matthew Lundin ]
| If your needs are simple (i.e., just tracking discretionary spending)
| you might consider using properties and column views to keep track of
| where your money is going. I find that this creates a nice way to sum
| up weekly, monthly, and yearly expenditures.
| [...]
| For more sophisticated financial tracking, I'd probably recommend a
| tool devoted to that purpose.
`----

hth