Re: [NTG-context] serial letters

[jean-philippe . rey]

Thank you very much Wolfgang,

It works very well and perfectly suits my needs.

Thanks again,

> Le 24 mai 2019 à 18:05, Wolfgang Schuster  
> a écrit :
> 
> The problem is that you put the letter-environment in a command but the 
> environment uses the buffer mechanism to store the content which doesn't work 
> when it is used in a command definition.
> 
> What you have to do is to move the content of the letters out of the 
> \GenLetter command, you can use the lettercontent-environment for this. In 
> the \GenLetter command you now use the \placeletter command to flush the 
> content of the letter with the current values for the address etc.
> 
>  begin example
> \usemodule[letter]
> 
> \setupletter
>   [signature={JPR},
>  closing={Sincerely yours,}]
> 
> \setupletter
>   [   toname=\correspondenceparameter{to},
>toaddress=\correspondenceparameter{adr},
>  opening=\correspondenceparameter{civ}]
> 
> \startlettercontent
>   Blah blah \correspondenceparameter{civ}.
> \stoplettercontent
> 
> \def\GenLetter[#1]%
>   {\begingroup
>  \setupletter[#1]%
>  \placeletter
>\endgroup}
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \GenLetter[civ={M.}, to={Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}]
> 
> \stoptext
>  end example
> 
> Wolfgang


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Re: [NTG-context] serial letters

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Jean-Philippe Rey schrieb am 24.05.2019 um 13:49:

Hello Everybody,


Le 8 avr. 2019 à 15:26, Henning Hraban Ramm  a écrit :

How would you approach serial letters, e.g. to all members of a club?
(Actually I need to send out donation receipts.)

I’d like to use the letter module, since my usual letter design is using it.

I can export the addresses to CSV, JSON, Lua tables or whatever or transfer 
them to a SQLite db.
Would it make more sense to read them in Lua and combine this data with a 
buffer, or to write a single tex file for every letter?
I know how to do the latter, but I’d like to learn a more ConTeXt-ish way.
Would it make sense to use the bibliographies module?

I have the same need. I tried a basic solution:

=== Start failing example
\usemodule[letter]

\setupletter[
   signature={JPR},
   closing={Sincerely yours,}
   ]

\def\GenLetter[#1]{
   \getparameters[GL][#1]
   \startletter[
  toname={\GLto},
  toaddress={\GLadr},
  opening={\GLciv},
  ]

   Blah blah \GLciv.

   \stopletter
}

\starttext

\GenLetter[civ={M.}, to={Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}]

\stoptext
=== End failing example

My idea being to generate as many letters I like by multiplying the \GenLetter 
line.

However, I get an error message I don’t understand. Can someone point to the 
thing I am doing wrong ?
The problem is that you put the letter-environment in a command but the 
environment uses the buffer mechanism to store the content which doesn't 
work when it is used in a command definition.


What you have to do is to move the content of the letters out of the 
\GenLetter command, you can use the lettercontent-environment for this. 
In the \GenLetter command you now use the \placeletter command to flush 
the content of the letter with the current values for the address etc.


 begin example
\usemodule[letter]

\setupletter
  [signature={JPR},
 closing={Sincerely yours,}]

\setupletter
  [   toname=\correspondenceparameter{to},
   toaddress=\correspondenceparameter{adr},
 opening=\correspondenceparameter{civ}]

\startlettercontent
  Blah blah \correspondenceparameter{civ}.
\stoplettercontent

\def\GenLetter[#1]%
  {\begingroup
 \setupletter[#1]%
 \placeletter
   \endgroup}

\starttext

\GenLetter[civ={M.}, to={Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}]

\stoptext
 end example

Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] serial letters

[Jean-Philippe Rey]

Hello Everybody,

> Le 8 avr. 2019 à 15:26, Henning Hraban Ramm  a écrit :
> 
> How would you approach serial letters, e.g. to all members of a club?
> (Actually I need to send out donation receipts.)
> 
> I’d like to use the letter module, since my usual letter design is using it.
> 
> I can export the addresses to CSV, JSON, Lua tables or whatever or transfer 
> them to a SQLite db.
> Would it make more sense to read them in Lua and combine this data with a 
> buffer, or to write a single tex file for every letter?
> I know how to do the latter, but I’d like to learn a more ConTeXt-ish way.
> Would it make sense to use the bibliographies module?


I have the same need. I tried a basic solution:

=== Start failing example
\usemodule[letter]

\setupletter[
  signature={JPR},
  closing={Sincerely yours,}
  ]

\def\GenLetter[#1]{
  \getparameters[GL][#1]
  \startletter[
 toname={\GLto},
 toaddress={\GLadr},
 opening={\GLciv},
 ]

  Blah blah \GLciv.

  \stopletter
}

\starttext

\GenLetter[civ={M.}, to={Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}]

\stoptext
=== End failing example

My idea being to generate as many letters I like by multiplying the \GenLetter 
line.

However, I get an error message I don’t understand. Can someone point to the 
thing I am doing wrong ?

Thank you.

Here is the corresponding console output:

=== Start console output
This is LuaTeX, Version 1.09.0 (TeX Live 2019/dev) 
system commands enabled.
open source > level 1, order 1, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-yes.mkiv'
system  > 
system  > ConTeXt  ver: 2018.09.13 17:41 MKIV beta  fmt: 2018.9.16  
int: english/english
system  > 
system  > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded
open source > level 2, order 2, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv'
system  > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv
close source> level 2, order 2, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv'
system  > files > jobname 'letterTest', input './letterTest', result 
'letterTest'
fonts   > latin modern fonts are not preloaded
languages   > language 'en' is active
system  > synctex functionality is enabled, expect 5-10 pct runtime 
overhead!
open source > level 2, order 3, name 
'/Users/jprey/SCA/Concours/2019/JURY/Confirmation fonction/letterTest.tex'
modules > 'letter' is loaded
open source > level 3, order 4, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-01.mkvi'
modules > 'cor-00' is loaded
open source > level 4, order 5, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-00.mkvi'
resolvers   > lua > loading file 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-00.lua'
 succeeded
close source> level 4, order 5, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-00.mkvi'
modules > 'cor-06' is loaded
open source > level 4, order 6, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-06.mkvi'
close source> level 4, order 6, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-06.mkvi'
open source > level 4, order 7, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv'
close source> level 4, order 7, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv'
open source > level 4, order 8, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-dinb.mkiv'
open source > level 5, order 9, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv'
close source> level 5, order 9, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv'
close source> level 4, order 9, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-dinb.mkiv'
system  > module wrapping error in 'letter'
close source> level 3, order 9, name 
'/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/2018-09-13/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-01.mkvi'
fonts   > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage)
fonts   > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded

tex error   > tex error on line 23 in file 
/Users/jprey/SCA/Concours/2019/JURY/Confirmati