Scripts

General repository of small scripts and applications

writeletter

Aid to writing letters using PanDoc + LaTeX to create a PDF output file. Includes two support files for copying into ~/.pandoc:

• input/letter.markdown

  The raw letter template, which contains a YAML metadata block with all the variables needed to write a basic letter. It should be edited to contain your name and address for ease of use.

  The content of the letter goes below the block. You don't need to write a sign-off at the end as that will be dealt with automatically.

• templates/letter.latex

  The LaTeX template use for converting to a PDF, essentially using the standard "letter" class that comes with your TeX distribution.

  If you inserted a recipient's name in the metadata your letter you'll get "Dear $name" and "Yours sincerely", otherwise "Dear Sir or Madam" and "Yours faithfully". If you want to fiddle with any of this stuff it's all in this template file.

To invoke manually:

pandoc --to latex --template letter in.markdown -o out.pdf

To use the support script:

writeletter new in.markdown
# creates a fresh markdown file
writeletter make in.markdown
# converts to PDF (appends .pdf to name)