Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

John Hasler wrote:

> John Summerfield writes:
>  
>
> > Web interfaces have their advantages though: for example, you client
> > machine can be anything anywhere running any web browser. One of the
> > things users like about sql-ledger is that you can do work at a client
> > site, connect to your accounts (possibly using their machine), print up
> > an invoice, process the payment & give them the receipt.
> >    
>
> I would never make my accounting system accessible from the Net.  I would
> like it to be accessible on the LAN, though, and https seems like a good
> way to do that.
>  

It's a good way to demonstrate it:-)

>  
>
> > Also, using a web interface pretty much requires the application be
> > multiuser.
> >    
>
> That's a given, isn't it?  I'd also want a text interface.  My wife hates
> GUIs.
>
>  

Write so it works with links, elinks, lynx and w3m


> > Eiffel would offend those users who are especially keen on free software,
> > and ensure that the sotware would, at best, be in contrib.
> >    
>
> I would not be interested in a non-free package.
>
> I have a toy system I spent some time on after I dropped out of the Gnucash
> project.  It uses Python and Postgresql and illustrates some ideas I was
> unable to sell to the Gnucash folks, such as using a journal as the
> fundamental data structure.  I haven't looked at it in years, so it has
> probably suffered bit-rot.
>  

I've looked at gnucash over some years, but it has never seemed likely 
to do anything useful to me.

Python seems sensible to me. given what RH has done with Anaconda - 
text-mode and GUI installer plus completely automatic installs.

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Cheers
John

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