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

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AUTHOR

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