NAME

       yodlletter - Yodl’s `letter’ document type

SYNOPSIS

       letter(language)(date)(subject)(opening)(salutation)(author)

       The letter document type was implemented to write LaTeX letters.

DESCRIPTION

       The  letter  document  type  was specifically implemented to write LaTeX letters, using LaTeX’s brief.cls
       document class. It is available only for the LaTeX (yodl2latex(1)) converter.

       This manual page briefly describes Yodl’s  letter document type.  This document type is  specific  enough
       that it warrants a separate manpage.

       letter documents do not allow you to use the `standard’ sectioning commands (e.g., sect() and subsect()).
       You  can,  however,  use  macros  that  are  normally  used  within such sections, such as description(),
       itemization(), bf() or em().

       Several specific macros, to be used in the preamble, are available for the  letter  document  type.  They
       are:

       o      AfourEnlarged():  Enlarges  the usable height of A4 paper by 2 cm.: the top margin is reduced by 2
              cm.

       o      letteraddenda(type)(value): Adds an addendum at the end of a  letter.   type  should  be  bijlagen
              (i.e.,  appendices),  cc or ps. Use nl() within the value section if multiple addenda of a certain
              type are used.

       o      letteradmin(yourdate)(yourref): Puts yourletterfrom and yourreference elements in the  letter.  If
              left empty, two dashes are inserted.

       o      letterfootitem(name)(value): Puts a footer at the bottom of letter-pages. Up to three will usually
              fit. For example,

       o      letterreplyto(name)(address)(zip city): Defines the `reply to’ address.

       o      letterto(element):  Adds  element  as  an additional line to the address of the addressee. Use one
              element for each line of the addressee’s address. Up to five lines will usually fit. A sixth  line
              may be squeezed in, if necessary.

       The letter) macro itself requires the following arguments:

       o      language: select english, dutch, or another language supported by the babel.sty style;

       o      date: the letter’s date. Use your own date-convention. The text specified here will be used as the
              letter’s date;

       o      subject: a short indication as to why you wrote the letter

       o      opening: the letter’s opening, e.g., Dear Linus,;

       o      salutation: the letter’s closing phrase, e.g., Kind regards,;

       o      author:  the  name  of the letter’s author. nl() macros can be used here, but the brief class will
              also restrict the width of the author-lines by itself.

SEE ALSO

       latex(1),  yodl(1),  yodlbuiltins(7),  yodlconverters(1),  yodlmacros(7),  yodlmanpage(7),   yodlpost(1),
       yodlstriproff(1), yodltables(7), yodlverbinsert(1).

BUGS

       -

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl),

yodl_4.03.03                                        1996-2021                                      yodlletter(7)