Never done it. The only feature of org-mode I use is the outline/folding capability.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 6:14 AM, <tim.ocallag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well the clue to using it for calorie budgets is in the name :) > I'll start playing with beancount and see what comes out of it. > > The big plus for me is that i want to use beancount with org mode. > > I want to embed my beancount transactions into org-journals. do you have > any links to examples of this? > > > > On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 2:25:09 PM UTC+1, Martin Blais wrote: >> >> Sure, you could abuse it that way. Beancount is a kind of "calculator >> with buckets," really, and it doesn't really think anything special of its >> currencies, so nothing prevents you from counting "calories" or otherwise >> have multiple accounts for them or other things. It's just not going to do >> anything special for you beyond a spreadsheet, unless you need snapshots >> (balance sheet) or calculations of differences between their contents >> (income statement), broken down by account, or linkage between the >> transactions. You'd have to get creative with it to do that. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:35 AM, <tim.oca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The idea is initially inspired by the idea that Double Entry bookkeeping >>> uses the perspective of the person. >>> I realize a body is more complex, and certainly not a zero sum game, but >>> so are the financial markets. They are treated as black boxes with trends >>> based on transactions etc. >>> I thought it might be an idea to treat the body as a black box with >>> calorie in/out transactions similar to the hackers diet approach >>> https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/ >>> >>> So coming back to the question - if i was to go about it, do you have >>> suggestions about how i could i approach it. >>> Could i also convert/link financial transactions to calories? >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 10:18:11 AM UTC+1, Martin Blais wrote: >>>> >>>> You could but I don't see the point. Your body is more complex than >>>> this and doesn't conserve nutrients in a straightforward way. Plus you'd >>>> have only a small and fixed amount of categories anyway. You'd be better >>>> off using a spreadsheet and processing it with custom scripts using r or >>>> pandas. Double entry bookkeeping won't help you for this. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 28, 2017 3:50 AM, "TimOC" <tim.oca...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have a question about beancount. I read the documentation and i had >>>> the idea of using beancount to manage a calorie budget. >>>> >>>> essentially something like: >>>> >>>> Start with an Initial weight in Fat calories >>>> Base metabolic rate. >>>> Accounts for Macronutrients such as Fat, Protein, Carbs. >>>> >>>> I can then use it for forecasting, etc. >>>> >>>> Is this feasible? >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> >>>> Tim. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Beancount" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beancount+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to bean...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>>> gid/beancount/26734031-9a16-481f-ac3e-9b93102eabd1%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/26734031-9a16-481f-ac3e-9b93102eabd1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Beancount" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beancount+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to bean...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/beancount/5852bf5e-a9a3-4949-bf1e-4ebe71c26b11%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/5852bf5e-a9a3-4949-bf1e-4ebe71c26b11%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beancount/384724c1-8dea-452d-99d2-5bc884f9ee01%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/384724c1-8dea-452d-99d2-5bc884f9ee01%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. 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