Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 08.04.2019 um 15:26:

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?

You can use the letter module when you drop the normal letter-environment which is to limited in this case because it uses the buffer mechanism to store the content. To have more control over the content for the opening etc. you can switch to the setups alternative (even the content can be set in this way instead of the default buffer) and set all texts with a setups-block. The letter itself can be flushed with the \placeletter command, below is a simple example where I flush the letter after each variables setting but you should be able to do the same with a lua table or csv file. \usemodule[letter] \setuplettersection   [opening]   [alternative=setups] \startsetups [letter:section:opening]   \doifelse{\getvariable{address}{sex}}{male}     {Dear Sir,}     {Dear Madam,} \stopsetups \setvariable{address}{set}{\placeletter} \starttext \startlettercontent \unknown \stoplettercontent \setvariables   [address]   [name=John,    sex=male] \setvariables   [address]   [name=Anna,    sex=female] \stoptext Wolfgang

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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/Confirmation fonction/letterTest.tex: ! Undefined control sequence <inserted text> ...v!letter \edef \p_correspondence_option_option {\correspondenceoptionpara... \correspondence_place ...\t_correspondence_before \page \setuplayout [\c!met... \correspondence_stop ...\correspondence_place [#1] \endgroup \stoptext l.23 ...{Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}] 13 opening={\GLciv}, 14 ] 15 16 Blah blah \GLciv. 17 18 \stopletter 19 } 20 21 \starttext 22 23 >> \GenLetter[civ={M.}, to={Pierre Durand}, adr={Trifouillis-les-Oies}] 24 25 \stoptext 26 ======================= End console output -- Jean-Philippe Rey jean-philippe.rey@centralesupelec.fr 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex - France Empreinte PGP : 807A 5B2C 69E4 D4B5 783A 428A 1B5E E83E 261B BF51