Hi again Chris!

OK, so I understand a little bit of this. I would like to keep all my
letters in subheadings in a single org doc, and just export once. This
version requires a fair amount of latex in every subtree. It would be nicer
if the exporter just took care of the latex for me and I didn't have to
look at it while I'm composing (I know that's not an issue for you,
Chris).

Is my best option to create an export-derived-backend based on latex (I see
that's what John K has done in scimax)? Or is the preferred method to
create a new latex class (whatever that is -- really I have no idea) and
add the header and closing lines to that?

Also... where should I go to learn more about latex (I have beengoogling,
I've found some places, am wondering what the *best* place is)? It appears
I am approaching adulthood and am ready to learn how to use it, after years
of resisting :-/

m

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:56 AM ckelty ckelty <ckelty@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don’t mess around with LibreOffice, but if you want to do it in Org,
> this is what I do and it works fine. Some of the preamble is superfluous—
> for various letters I’ve had to add other LaTeX packages….
>
> ck
>
>
> >
> >
> >
>
> #+STARTUP: indent
> #+LANGUAGE: en
> #+OPTIONS: num:nil  toc:nil ':t
> #+AUTHOR: Your Name Here
> #+EMAIL: Your Email Here
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{graphicx}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{float}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{wrapfig}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{rotating}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{hyperref}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{setspace}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{libertine}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[left=1.5in,right=1.5in]{geometry}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parskip}{1em}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
>
> # Insert your graphic here-- getting the scale right can take some work
> \includegraphics[scale=0.145]{Your LetterHead PNG/JPG}
>
> \hfill \today
>
> [ Greeting Here ]
>
> # I use setspace and onehalfspacing to control line spacing
> \onehalfspacing
>
> [ Insert Inflated Rhetoric About Here ]
>
> Yours sincerely,\\
>
> # Insert your sig here... ditto on scale.
> \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{Your Sig PNG/JPG}
>
> \textbf{Your Name}\\
> Illustrious Title\\
> Second Illustrious Title\\
> Etc.\\
>
>
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> <
> <
>
> > On Oct 30, 2018, at 7:29 AM, Jeff Filipovits <jrfilipovits@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Would you mind sharing them? This is a problem I am trying to figure out
> as well.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 9:29 AM Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Matt,
> >
> > I've replied directly to you with some files.
> > --
> > Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.13-783-g97fac4
> >
>
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