clanghans/markdown-letter

german letter markdown template

markdown-letter

german letter markdown template

Makefile

# compile letter
make MD=source/adac-reiseruecktritt.md
make install

pandoc command

pandoc --pdf-engine=pdflatex --template=letter.tex -s ./letter.md -f markdown+escaped_line_breaks -t latex -o letter.pdf

sample letter

---
size: 12pt

sender:
  name: 'John Doe'
  street: 'Lovejoy Street 4'
  zip: '12345'
  city: 'Springfield'
  phone: '1122390'
  email: '[email protected]'

recipient:
  name: 'Jane Doe'
  street: 'Van Houten Avenue 123'
  zip: '12122'
  city: 'Shelbyville'
  contact: ''

date: '\today'
subject: 'interesting subject'
salutation: 'Dear Sir or Madam'
regards: 'Kind regards'
---

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efficitur. Suspendisse nec nulla neque. Mauris malesuada, leo tempor tempor 
pretium, quam lacus feugiat sapien, at sodales nisi lectus ac mi. Ut iaculis a 
neque vel accumsan. Duis feugiat risus in sem imperdiet, nec vulputate ex 
mollis. Integer vestibulum ex tristique, porta erat vel, elementum odio. 
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enim. Mauris feugiat quis massa ac laoreet. Donec egestas, ipsum a bibendum 
porttitor, mauris eros imperdiet lorem, vitae lacinia ex ante eget sem. Morbi 
pretium aliquam dolor vitae ornare. Duis ut tincidunt orci, at placerat nisi. 
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Links

https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown