From: "Sébastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Mail merge in isodoc class (with datatool... and Org)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:02:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871v8mhi1k.fsf@mundaneum.com> (raw)
Hi Eric,
Going on within the _tangle_ route, I've managed getting *mail merge* working
from Org, by using the =isodoc= class with the LaTeX package =datatool=.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+TITLE: Org-isodoc
#+AUTHOR: Seb Vauban
#+DATE: 2010-09-21
#+LANGUAGE: en_US
* To
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: bfd9e2af-1033-4bf0-a0d1-5757afd9c9a1
:END:
#+begin_src csv :tangle addresses.csv
FirstName,LastName,Address,PostCode,Town
Albert,ARTHUR,Rue1,1100,Albertville
Beatrice,BENJAMIN,Rue2,2020,Bigard
Christophe,CASTAGNE,Rue3,3003,Calais
Damien,DURAND,Rue4,4440,Dunkerque
#+end_src
* Subject
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 72e05a4c-13b5-48e3-b326-8868a7ab0f09
:END:
#+srcname: subject
#+begin_src org :results latex
Composing letters using Org mode and the LaTeX isodoc class
#+end_src
* Opening
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 123be106-665b-4da9-9009-769987713f87
:END:
#+srcname: opening
#+begin_src org :results latex
Dear Org mode users,
#+end_src
* Body
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 3ccb6126-c3d4-4e5f-b630-ef3086d15ca2
:END:
#+srcname: body
#+begin_src org :results latex
*Problems* encountered /so far/:
- how to insert properly converted tables (to LaTeX)?
| test | hello |
| foo | bar |
- begin an Org block, editing this code adds commas in front of every line...
That's all for now.
#+end_src
* Closing
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 53486f96-916a-4900-9e01-c27e9661d184
:END:
#+srcname: closing
#+begin_src org :results latex
Yours Truly
#+end_src
* Encl
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 61870a22-46b7-4446-ab0f-c17ebb36c632
:END:
#+srcname: encl
#+begin_src org :results latex
I still have to look at how to declare some attached documents.
#+end_src
* Letter
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: b9db447c-0347-414e-a555-edf2ddafdbc3
:END:
#+begin_src latex :noweb yes :tangle yes
\documentclass[11pt]{isodoc}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{datatool}
\DTLloaddb{addresses}{addresses.csv}
\usepackage{isodoc-style}
\setupdocument{
subject = {%
<<subject()>>},
opening = {%
<<opening()>>},
closing = {%
<<closing()>>}
}
\begin{document}
\DTLforeach{addresses}{%
\firstname=FirstName,%
\lastname=LastName,%
\addressi=Address,%
\postcode=PostCode,%
\town=Town%
}{%
\letter[to={\firstname~\lastname\\\addressi\\\postcode~\town}]{%
<<body()>>
}}
\end{document}
#+end_src
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I'm sure there are other ways, as you said...
>> next step: be able to produce /mail merge/ ("publiposting"), having in Org
>> the list of recipients and the letter's contents -- both in one unique Org
>> file --, and producing all the letters at once (in one PDF), just by =C-c
>> C-v C-e=...
>
> this shouldn't be impossible with the current setup, maybe use sbe to call a
> code block on every row of a table with the table holding the recipients.
> Certainly wouldn't be trivial though.
... but this is a first (working) step!
Comments, patches, ideas, better ways... all are welcome...
Best regards,
Seb
--
Sébastien Vauban
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