Simple, file-and-editor-oriented, beautiful invoice generator.
sudo apt-get install \
python3-babel \
python3-jinja2 \
python3-lxml \
python3-defusedxml \
context
sudo make install
mkdir -p ~/Invoices ~/.invoice ~/.invoice/templates
# copy example files and adapt to your needs (more documentation in comments)
cp Documentation/examples/invoice.cfg ~/.invoice/
cp Documentation/examples/invoice.tex ~/.invoice/templates/
#vim <...>
# this is the number of last invoice; the next one in 2018 will be "2018/124"
echo '{"2018": 123}' > ~/.invoice/state
# now, once per invoice (or per client), get the draft, adapt and voila
cp Documentation/examples/draft.cfg ~/Invoices/draft1.cfg
cp Documentation/examples/draft.cfg ~/Invoices/draft2.cfg
#vim <...>
# NOTE: this command is most likely NOT INVARIANT
# (if you run the command multiple times, you'll get so many invoices)
invoice ~/Invoice/draft1.cfg
# and the result is hopefuly in ~/Invoices/Invoice_<NUMBER>.pdf
# also see:
invoice --help
To have invariant generation, you have to explicitly spell the number:
invoice -o invoice/number=2018/456 ~/Invoices/draft1.cfg
or, alternatively, have number specified in draft:
[invoice]
number = 2018/456
After changing {% trans %} blocks (or after introducing those in your template
and copying your template for processing to Documentation/examples/), run:
make update_catalog
And then edit invoice/locale/**/invoice.po.
And of course after messing with Python:
pylint3 invoice