Pandoc Letter Template (DIN 5008)

Description

This template allows you to write simple letters in Markdown and convert them into nice looking PDFs. The template is based on Koma Script and satisfies the German DIN 5008 norm for letters.

Example

A simple letter in Markdown looks like the following:

---
author: Max Mustermann
phone: +49 1234 56789
email: max.mustermann@beispiel.de
date: 01.08.2016
place: Musterstadt
subject: Titel vom Brief
return-address:
 - Musterstraße
 - 12345 Berlin
address:
 - Musterfirma GmbH
 - Max Mustermann
 - Musterstraße
 - 12345 Musterstadt
opening: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
closing: Mit freundlichen Grüßen
encludes: Muster, Muster, Muster
...

The compiled result will then look like this:

You can also download the compiled PDF here.

Requirements

In order to use the template you must have installed the following components:

• Pandoc
• LaTeX

Usage

Before you can make use of the template you need to move the LaTeX template file into Pandocs template directory:

mkdir ~/.pandoc
mv your-repo-path/letter.latex ~/.pandoc/templates

After creating a letter written in Markdown you can compile it into PDF with the following line:

pandoc letter.md -s -o letter.pdf --template="letter"

Configuration

The following yaml variables are supported:

• opening
• closing
• encludes
• author
• phone
• email
• place
• subject
• return-address
• address

If you want to add some options to the scrlttr2 document class, you can list them via the letteroption yaml variable.