TeXlive 2012 and letter module

TeXlive 2012 and letter module

[Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz]

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?

Greetings

Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz

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Re: TeXlive 2012 and letter module

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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
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Re: TeXlive 2012 and letter module

[Martin Scholz]

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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

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Re: TeXlive 2012 and letter module

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 29.07.2012 um 13:10 schrieb Martin Scholz <scholz.m82@gmail.com>:

> 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

The new version of the module has now a built in system for address entries, named “addressentry”.

With the command \defineaddressentry you can create a new entry and with the command \addressentry you can access them. Instead of specifying each entry by name you can also set a default name with the addressentry key for \startletter/\setupletter which is now used when omit the first argument of \addressentry.

\usemodule[letter]

\setupletteroptions
  [  bodyfont=calluna,
   whitespace=line]

\defineaddressentry
 [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}]

\defineaddressentry
 [sam]
 [lastname={Gamdschie},
  firstname={Samweis},
  address={Beutelhaldenweg 3\\Hobbingen im Auenland},
  1={Rosie Kattun},
  2={Knullen},
  3={des Ringträgers treuester Gefährte}]

\defineaddressentry
 [tom]
 [lastname={Bombadil},
  firstname={Tom},
  address={Im Alten Wald},
  1={Goldbeere},
  2={trällern von Nonsensliedern},
  3={Meister von Wald, Wasser und Berg}]

\setupaddressentry
  [name={\addressentry[firstname]~\addressentry[lastname]}]

\startletter
 [addressentry=tom,
  toname={\addressentry[name]},
  toaddress={\addressentry[address]},
  opening={Lieber \addressentry[name],},
  closing={„O Frühling und Sommerzeit und danach wieder Frühling!\\O Wind auf dem Wasserfall und Lachen des Laubes!“}]

oder \addressentry[tom][3], wie Dich Deine geliebte \addressentry[tom][1] nennt. Kannst Du Dich noch an einen Herrn \addressentry[frodo][lastname], genauer gesagt \addressentry[frodo][firstname]~\addressentry[frodo][lastname], denn es gab ja auch noch den Herrn \addressentry[frodo][1], erinnern. Er war \addressentry[frodo][3] im dritten Zeitalter und \addressentry[frodo][3]. Begleitet wurde er von \addressentry[sam][firstname]~\addressentry[sam][lastname], \addressentry[sam][3].

Beider Vorlieben waren sehr weltlich. Der \addressentry[frodo][firstname] genoss das \addressentry[frodo][2], sein Gefährte schätzte eine gute Mahlzeit mit \addressentry[sam][2].

Weißt du noch? Mithrandir hat Dir bestimmt viel von ihnen erzählt.

\stopletter

Wolfgang


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