Re: [PATCH] Improve configurability of ox-koma-letter

[Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@gmail.com>]

Hi Alan,

Alan Schmitt wrote:

> I've applied the patch. I propose a further tiny improvement:
> ,----
> | --- a/contrib/lisp/ox-koma-letter.el
> | +++ b/contrib/lisp/ox-koma-letter.el
> | @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ holding export options."
> |        (when email (format "\\setkomavar{fromemail}{%s}\n" email))
> |        (when signature (format "\\setkomavar{signature}{%s}\n" signature))))
> |     ;; Date.
> | -   (format "\\date{%s}\n" (org-export-data (org-export-get-date info) info))
> | +   (format "\\setkomavar{date}{%s}\n" (org-export-data (org-export-get-date info) info))
> |     ;; Place
> |     (let ((with-place (plist-get info :with-place))
> |          (place (plist-get info :place)))
> `----
> 
> It seems that the date is not picked up by the letter unless it's in a
> koma var. I can commit this if you think it's correct.

I can't reproduce your error. The date KOMA variable is automatically
set by the \date LaTeX command which can be verified by the snipplet
below. Out of curiosity, what TeX version are you using? I use TeX Live
2012 which includes scrlttr2 2012/07/29 v3.11b.

In any case, the KOMA-Script guide also uses the KOMA variable in its
examples, so I think your patch is fine.

Cheers,
Viktor

#+BEGIN_SRC latex
\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\LoadLetterOption{DIN}
\date{21. April 2013}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Address}
\opening{Opening}

The date: \usekomavar{date}

\closing{Closing}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
#+END_SRC

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan
>