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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2
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Eric Schulte |
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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2 |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:23:41 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Jambunathan,
This looks very useful, and the output of scrlttr2 looks great. I think
two things can be done to make this more accessible to the wider
Org-mode community.
First it seems (as you mentioned) like the bulk of your changes can be
implemented without any change to the Org-mode core, but rather by using
existing hooks (e.g. removing newlines in `org-export-latex-final-hook'
and defining a scrlttr2 class in `org-export-latex-classes').
Second, a set of step-by-step instructions documenting how to generate a
letter from an Org-mode file using your patch would make this much more
approachable and would make a good addition to Worg.
I look forward to trying this out.
Thanks -- Eric
Jambunathan K <address@hidden> writes:
> With reference to my earlier post,
> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2010-07/msg01060.html)
>
> I would like to add the following clarification.
>
>
>> #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS:
>> [a4paper,parskip=full,backaddress=off,foldmarks=off,jambu]
>
> All the styling and context-specific information comes from 'jambu' in
> the LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS line. In this case, jambu is 'an lco file'
> that in turn loads DIN.lco. (The later file comes with the standard
> distribution)
>
> The patch as such doesn't bother with the styling elements but merely
> transforms content from org to scrlttr2 form. To illustrate,
>
> * subject
> Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2
>
> section in org gets transformed in the final letter into the following
> TeX form.
>
> \setkomavar{subject} {
> \label{sec-2}
> Sub:- Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2
>
> }
>
> This is done as part of org-scrlttr2-sectioning defun in my earlier
> patch.
>
> Jambunathan K.
>
> ---> Input Org file <---
>
> #+TITLE:
> #+AUTHOR:
> #+EMAIL:
> #+LANGUAGE:
> #+TEXT:
>
> #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS:
> [a4paper,fromalign=right,pagenumber=headmiddle,parskip=full,fromphone=true,fromfax=false,fromrule=false,fromemail=true,subject=afteropening,backaddress=off,foldmarks=off,jambu]
>
> #+OPTIONS: toc:nil
> #+LaTeX_CLASS: scrlttr2
>
> * letter
> Org Mode User Group \\
> World Wide Web
>
> * subject
> Sub:- Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2
>
> * opening
> Dear Org Mode Users
>
> * body
> Lately, I have been composing formal letters using KOMA script's
> sscrlttr2. I found it convenient to have them composed from within
> org-mode.
>
> I am enclosing the initial set of changes needed to compose some
> simple letters as this one.
>
> The only change that is too 'intrusive' seems to be an extra newline
> which gets added immediately after the emission of labels. These
> extra newlines trigger syntax errors in the closing{} and encl{}
> directives.
>
> I think rest of the changes could be squeeed in through existing
> hooks.
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> - (insert (mapconcat (lambda (l) (format "\\label{%s}" l))
> - label-list "\n") "\n"))
> + (insert (mapconcat (lambda (l) (format "\\label{%s}" l))
> + label-list "\n")))
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> If there is some general interest, I could work on making a formal
> patch available.
>
> * closing
> Yours Truly
>
> * encl
> Patch from my work-area.
>
> ---> Output Tex file <---
>
> % Created 2010-07-26 Mon 23:19
> \documentclass[a4paper,fromalign=right,pagenumber=headmiddle,parskip=full,fromphone=true,fromfax=false,fromrule=false,fromemail=true,subject=afteropening,backaddress=off,foldmarks=off,jambu]{scrlttr2}
> \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{fixltx2e}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{longtable}
> \usepackage{float}
> \usepackage{wrapfig}
> \usepackage{soul}
> \usepackage{t1enc}
> \usepackage{textcomp}
> \usepackage{amssymb}
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> \tolerance=1000
> \usepackage{pdfpages}
> \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
>
> \title{}
> \author{}
> \date{26 July 2010}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{letter} {
> \label{sec-1}
> Org Mode User Group \\
> World Wide Web
>
> }
>
> \setkomavar{subject} {
> \label{sec-2}
> Sub:- Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2
>
> }
>
> \opening {
> \label{sec-3}
> Dear Org Mode Users
> }
>
>
> \label{sec-4}
> Lately, I have been composing formal letters using KOMA script's
> sscrlttr2. I found it convenient to have them composed from within
> org-mode.
>
> I am enclosing the initial set of changes needed to compose some
> simple letters as this one.
>
> The only change that is too `intrusive' seems to be an extra newline
> which gets added immediately after the emission of labels. These
> extra newlines trigger syntax errors in the closing\{\} and encl\{\}
> directives.
>
> I think rest of the changes could be squeeed in through existing
> hooks.
>
> \begin{verbatim}
> - (insert (mapconcat (lambda (l) (format "\\label{%s}" l))
> - label-list "\n") "\n"))
> + (insert (mapconcat (lambda (l) (format "\\label{%s}" l))
> + label-list "\n")))
> \end{verbatim}
>
> If there is some general interest, I could work on making a formal
> patch available.
>
>
>
> \closing {
> \label{sec-5}
> Yours Truly
> }
>
> \encl {
> \label{sec-6}
> Patch from my work-area.
> }
>
> \end{letter}
> \end{document}
>
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