{"repo":"eddelbuettel/linl","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/eddelbuettel/linl","clone":"git clone https://github.com/eddelbuettel/linl.git","description":"Linl Is Not Letter -- Markdown-based LaTeX Letter Template","language":"TeX","stars":116,"topics":["r","package","markdown","letter","pandoc","cran"],"license":null,"category":"productivity","readme_excerpt":"linl: Linl is not Letter Motivation The LaTeX Letter class is very useful for simple letters. As such letters are also somewhat standardized, they make for excellent candidates for use by Markdown. This package leans on earlier work by Aaron Wolen in his pandoc-letter repository, and extends it for use from R via the rmarkdown package. Example Skeleton The skeleton creates a very simple letter. This shows the (complete) source on the left and the rendered pdf on the right: Several formatting defaults for font, fontsize, indentation are in use. See help(linl) for a complete list and default values. Vignette The vignette example is a little more featureful and shows how to include a letterhead on-demand, a signature, and a few formatting settings. All of these are driven by simple YAML headers as seen on the left: The vignette also contains the few lines of vignette metadata one would exclude from a normal letter. Status The package is fully working, and on CRAN. Usage As the package is on CRAN, you can use the standard to install it from CRAN, and then use as a Markdown template via RStudio, or use code such as to create a first draft of a new myletter.Rmd . Development versions of the package may also be available via by r-universe which can accessed via which offers source and binaries releases based on the main git branch for the common operating systems. Linux binaries are also available, see the corresponding documentation. Once installed, the above code examples should w","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/eddelbuettel","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/eddelbuettel/linl/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}