Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about the letter module (Wolfgang Schuster)

18 Jul 2013

      Thank you very much; this was again very helpful.   I am still having a
problem with left-justifying the date:

\setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c]

does not properly left-justify the date; the date is towards the left but
is aligned several mm to the right of the other text.  (This was true on
the mwe that Wolfgang sent.)

BTW are the values for the "alternative" key (example, e, c, etc.)
documented somewhere?

Thank you again.

Best,
Michael
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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:57:33 +0200
From: Wolfgang Schuster 
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Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about the letter module
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Am 18.07.2013 um 03:12 schrieb Michael Ash :
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Dear Wolfgang,
Thank you very much.  This is very helpful.
One note is that to center the footer required
\setupletterframe[foot][align=middle]
Of course, the alignment is a framed feature.
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(NOT \setupletterlayer.  Per http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter#Setup)
A couple more questions.
(1) is there a more efficient way to indent only the content of the
letter:
\setupindenting[yes,small]
\setuplettersection[opening][indenting=no]
\setuplettersection[subject][indenting=no]
\setuplettersection[closing][indenting=no]
\setuplettersection[signature][indenting=no]
You can use \setupletteroptions[indenting=?] which only passed to the
content section.
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(2) The following did not properly left-justify the date (the date was
towards the left but was not perfectly aligned with the other
left-justified text):
\setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=e]
This should be alternative c and not e.
\usemodule[letter]
\setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c]
%\setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c,list=reference] % default:
list=date
%\setupletter[reference=\currentdate]
\setupletteroptions[indenting={yes,medium,next}]
\startletter
\input knuth
\stopletter
Wolfgang