Keep a Larder Inventory with Org-Mode and Ledger
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
In this piece I'll explain how I'm maintaining an inventory of what's in my larder (kitchen: fridge and pantry) by keeping a personal log using Org-modeTK with ledger-cliTK.
1.1 Editorial and License Information
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2 Steps
2.1 [0/3] Set up your tech stack.
[ ]Install Emacs.[ ]Install Org-mode.[ ]Configure Org-babel.
2.2 Create a log.
2.2.1 Create a header
#+TITLE: Larder Log #+OPTIONS: c:t d:t
2.2.2 Lay out the datetree
* 2019 ** 2019-01 January *** 2019-01-01 Tuesday
2.3 Buy groceries
**** Shopping #+BEGIN_SRC ledger :noweb yes :tangle larder-demo.ledger 2019/01/01 * Grocery Store Inventory:Larder:eggs 4 @@ $0.99 Inventory:Larder:sausage 2 lbs @@ $1.99 Inventory:Larder:coffee 90 tbsp @@ $3.99 Supplier:Harris Teeter #+END_SRC
2.4 Make coffee
**** Cooking
#+BEGIN_SRC ledger :noweb yes :tangle larder-demo.ledger
2019/01/01 * Coffee
Inventory:Larder:coffee -3 tbsp
Life:Eating
2.5 Make dinner
2019/01/01 * Dinner
Inventory:Larder:eggs -4
Inventory:Larder:sausage -2 lbs
Life:Eating
#+END_SRC