yodlletter(7)

💌 yodlletter — Yodl's letter document type

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for yodlletter(7) from Yodl's own docs — yes, section 7, the "miscellaneous" shelf, the cool shelf — and it's all about the letter document type. she's specific, she's dramatic, she's getting her own whole page. periodt. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

yodlletter — Yodl's letter document type 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

The letter document type was implemented to write LaTeX letters. no cap, that's literally the whole point of her. 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: the letter document type was specifically implemented to write LaTeX letters, and it does that by using LaTeX's brief.cls document class. she's exclusive, she's picky — she's available only for the LaTeX converter, aka yodl2latex(1). no other converter gets to sit with her. 🙈

This manual page briefly describes Yodl's letter document type. This document type is specific enough that it warrants a separate manpage. and honestly? she deserves it. main character energy fr fr. 👑

Now the important part, bestie — listen up:

letter documents do not allow you to use the standard sectioning commands (e.g., sect() and subsect()). nope. not invited. 🚫

You can, however, use macros that are normally used within such sections, such as description(), itemization(), bf() or em(). those ones ate and they're welcome here. ✨

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🎀 The preamble macros 🎀

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

• AfourEnlarged() — Enlarges the usable height of A4 paper by 2 cm: the top margin is reduced by 2 cm. See also PageEnlarged.
• 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.
• letteradmin(yourdate)(yourref) — Puts yourletterfrom and yourreference elements in the letter. If left empty, two dashes are inserted.
• letterfootitem(name)(value) — Puts a footer at the bottom of letter-pages. Up to three will usually fit. For example,
• letterreplyto(name)(address)(zip city) — Defines the reply to address.
• 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. (squeeze her in, she'll fit 💀)
• PageEnlarged(up)(height)(left)(width) — Enlarges the usable width and height of printed pages: the first line printed on paper is moved up by up units, the usable paper height is enlarged by height units, the left margin is moved to the left by t(left) units, and the usable paper width is enlarged by (width) units. E.g., A4 pages are by default using relatively small text blocks. Instead the pages can be used more efficiently by specifying .

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💜 The letter() macro's arguments 💜

The letter() macro itself requires the following arguments:

• language — select english, dutch, or another language supported by the babel.sty style;
• date — the letter's date. Use your own date-convention. The text specified here will be used as the letter's date;
• subject — a short indication as to why you wrote the letter
• opening — the letter's opening, e.g., Dear Linus,;
• salutation — the letter's closing phrase, e.g., Kind regards,;
• 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.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

the whole friend group, going out together 🫶

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💀 BUGS 💀

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that's it. that's the list. empty. iconic behaviour, no notes. ✨

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

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

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this page is from yodl_4.05.02, dated 1996-2025, and it lives in section 7 as yodlletter(7) — go write somebody a cute LaTeX letter with it, you've got this 💖🦋👑