[NTG-context] serial letters
Jean-Philippe Rey
jean-philippe.rey at ecp.fr
Fri May 24 13:49:55 CEST 2019
Hello Everybody,
> Le 8 avr. 2019 à 15:26, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml at fiee.net> 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
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Jean-Philippe Rey
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