Re: Re: Composing letters using org-mode and scrlttr2

["Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

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 <kjambunathan@gmail.com> 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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