Am Montag, 24. Dezember 2012, 09:42:08 schrieb Ian Barton: > I have been following the various threads about using the scrlttr2 > class. However, none of them quite worked for me. > > I have come up with the following hack using Babel. There are three > files attached which illustrates the general principles.
Ian, this is really of interest to me, but I don't quite get it. > > * koma variables which don't change are defined in an LCO file. So this is the usual LCO file, in a place where kpathsea will find it, namely at ~/texmf/tex/latex/ -- right? > * koma variables (toaddress, etc) which change between letters are > defined using org PROPERTIES. > * a letter template in defined in a latex src block. But what is the sense of having a LaTeX scr block? I'd like to outsource this somewhere as a template. Or is it necessary in each file including a letter? > * The letter body is written in an org_mode src block. > * The final letter is produced by tangling the body, the lco file and > the letter template. "tangling" -- could you elaborate, please? > > In normal use you would simply modify the PROPERTIES and body text to > suit each letter. The whole thing can probably be made into a yasnippet. > "the whole thing"? What has to be included in the snippet? > Suggestions for improvement welcome, as the existing stuff is just a > quick hack. > > Happy Christmas everyone and best wishes for the New Year. Yeah, and thanks to you for your time and effort, Alexander > > Ian.
