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

• https://www.uweziegenhagen.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ziegenhagen_scrlttr2Vorlagen.pdf
• https://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/admin/html/scrlttr2.shtml