This generator will generate a LaTex Letter Template in the current directory.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'letter_generator'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install letter_generator

To invoke the letter generator, you can use lg or letter_generator.

You need to place an ERB-template at any of this places

1. <current working directory>/templates/letter.tt
2. $HOME/.config/letter_generator/templates/letter.tt
3. $HOME/.letter_generator/templates/letter.tt
4. /etc/letter_generator/templates/letter.tt

Generate letter based on template:

1. Create a directory first

   mkdir -p directory
   cd directory
   

2. Create a data file - e.g. data.yaml - in directory

   from:
     name: Max Muster
     street: Musterstraße 1
     city: 11111 Musterhausen
   to:
     name: Mina Muster
     street: Musterstraße 2
     city: 22222 Musterstadt
   subject: Lovely hearing from you

3. Run generator

   letter_generator generate

After this a tex file named "letter-mina-muster.tex" exists.

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/letter_generator/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request