Plain Text Accounting, a guide to Ledger and friends
I really don&#x27;t know for whom this is for.<p>For Normal People:<p>Double Entry even though may sound simple, it is quite a difficult concept to grasp. For the sake of double entry we use counter entries that take months to grasp. For example - Amortization, Allowance etc.<p>More over double entry method strives for standardization of entries. Having a plaintext non-autocompleting solution without accounting for only handful fixed type transactions....I just could wrap my head around it.<p>Moreover with online connected mobile solutions that are most of the time free why bother using this when the steep learning curve doesn&#x27;t yield any marginal benefit.<p>For Accountant:<p>Excel is god and whatever accounting software the org is using is an acceptable solution<p>---<p>Even though the FAQs and the previous discussion has addressed this exact same issue. I really don&#x27;t know what type of people would use plain text command line solutions except for the sake of using plain text command line solutions.