Write a letter with a minimal TOML file (save as your_letter.toml).
[meta]
template = 'standard'
[fields]
date = '2023-01-01'
address = '''
Toast Corporation\\
The Ol'Stonepath 42\\
23123 New York
'''
subject = 'Application for a Fish License'
opening = 'Dear Sir/Madam at the Ministry of Housinge,'
content = '''
I wrote to explain
I'm your biggest fan
I just wanted to ask ...
'''
closing = 'Best Wishes,'
name = 'Marie Curie'
signaturepath = '../example/signature.png'Run the command
lettermaker -t your_letter.toml -o my_letter.pdf
and receive a formatted letter as PDF (as my_letter.pdf).
Uses pdflatex and python3.
- implement prefills (with option
-p, --prefill) to prefill empty fields with defaults before the default files.- provide prefill for french_formal
- provide prefill for french_informal
- provide prefill for english_formal
- provide prefill for english_informal
- provide prefill for german_formal
- provide prefill for german_informal
- provide prefill for chinese_formal
- provide prefill for chinese_informal
- look for prefills at ~/.config/lettermaker/prefills/ then at $PROJECT_ROOT/prefills
- for empty signature do not include image.
- look for defaults at ~/.config/lettermaker/defaults/ then at $PROJECT_ROOT/defaults
- implement list function (with option
-l, --list) to show all prefill and default options. - implement setup function (with option
-s, --setup) for ~/.config/lettermaker/prefills/ - implement setup function (with option
-s, --setup) for ~/.config/lettermaker/templates/ - allow TOML arrays and create a PDF output letter for each permutation.
- have flag to toggle visibility of page numbers (define in meta section of toml file).
- have flag to toggle visibility of folding guide lines at left margin (define in meta section of toml file).
- provide a functionality that does not insert a signature, but instead draws a box where can be signed by hand.
- make lettermaker conform to din5008.
- allow to store letter data in TOML file.
- ie. use this python package: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tomllib.html