Thx Wolfgang,

this makes sense, as I still had your old examples online and build my
letters after that I was just wondering if I did something wrong or missed
something in using it, but that way it is more flexible and with an

/input{addrfile}

in the below way one should also be able to still use a kind of the old way
having a separated addressfile but with a more flexible layout.

Again million thx for clearing it

Greetings

Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
wolfgang.schuster@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 28.07.2012 um 19:53 schrieb Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz <
> scholz.m82@googlemail.com>:
>
> > Hi followers of ConTeXt,
> >
> > does something in the lettermodule in the texlive version and the
> > minimal version of ConTeXt has changed, as both no longer recognize the
> >
> > \useletterextension[addrentry,label]
> > \useaddressfile[addrfile]
> >
> > lines and complain about an unknown command, if yes, what would be the
> > way to fix this, or is this functionallity finally droped?
>
> I haven’t added this function to the new version because I don’t need it.
>
> When you really need it I can add it but context itself has a similar
> function with the \setvariables and \getvariable which takes only a few
> more lines than \addressentry does.
>
> Below you can see how the example from the KOMA-Script manuals looks with
> \setvariables (you’re free to use different keys) but it’s no problem to
> write a simple \addressentry wrapper around this and provide it with the
> letter module when you want to share your data with LaTeX.
>
> <example source="scrguide.pdf">
> \usemodule[letter]
>
> \setvariables
>   [addressentry:frodo]
>   [lastname={Beutlin},
>    firstname={Frodo},
>    address={Der Bühl\\ Beutelsend/Hobbingen im Auenland},
>    1={Bilbo Beutlin},
>    2={Rauchen von Pfeifenkraut},
>    3={der Ringträger},
>    4={Bilbos Erbe}]
>
> \setvariables
>   [addressentry:sam]
>   [lastname={Gamdschie},
>    firstname={Samweis},
>    address={Beutelhaldenweg 3\\Hobbingen im Auenland},
>    1={Rosie Kattun},
>    2={Knullen},
>    3={des Ringträgers treuester Gefährte}]
>
> \setvariables
>   [addressentry:tom]
>   [lastname={Bombadil},
>    firstname={Tom},
>    address={Im Alten Wald},
>    1={Goldbeere},
>    2={trällern von Nonsensliedern},
>    3={Meister von Wald, Wasser und Berg}]
>
> \startletter
>
> [toname={\getvariable{addressentry:tom}{firstname}~\getvariable{addressentry:tom}{lastname}},
>    toaddress={\getvariable{addressentry:tom}{address}},
>    opening={Lieber \getvariable{addressentry:tom}{firstname}
> \getvariable{addressentry:tom}{lastname},},
>    closing={„O Frühling und Sommerzeit und danach wieder Frühling!\\O Wind
> auf dem Wasserfall und Lachen des Laubes!“}]
>
> oder \getvariable{addressentry:tom}{3}, wie Dich Deine geliebte
> \getvariable{addressentry:tom}{1} nennt. Kannst Du Dich noch an einen Herrn
> \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{lastname}, genauer gesagt
> \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{firstname}~\getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{lastname},
> denn es gab ja auch noch den Herrn \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{1},
> erinnern. Er war \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{3} im dritten Zeitalter
> und \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{3}. Begleitet wurde er von
> \getvariable{addressentry:sam}{firstname}~\getvariable{addressentry:sam}{lastname},
> \getvariable{addressentry:sam}{3}.
>
> Beider Vorlieben waren sehr weltlich. Der
> \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{firstname} genoss das
> \getvariable{addressentry:frodo}{2}, sein Gefährte schätzte eine gute
> Mahlzeit mit \getvariable{addressentry:sam}{2}.
>
> Weißt du noch? Mithrandir hat Dir bestimmt viel von ihnen erzählt.
>
> \stopletter
> </example>
>
> Wolfgang