Re: [AUCTeX] cvs2tex

[Andreas Roehler]

David Kastrup schrieb:
> Andreas Roehler <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > > > > > does someone know a script, reading address from a
> > > > > > cvs-database into tex (letter)?
> > > > > >             
> > > > > >             
> > > > > You mean csv, don't you?
> > > > >         
> > > > >           
> > > > Exactly, sorry.
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > > >         
> > > > >           
> > > > > > There is a serial letter macro in Latex; what I need
> > > > > > is to read in separate addresses occasionally,
> > > > > > specified by a regexp.
> > > > > >             
> > > > > >             
> > > > > Your description is less than clear.
> > > > >       
> > > > >           
> > > > Here an example:
> > > >
> > > > From addresses in a file as
> > > >
> > > > JOE,ANYONE,Nickname,Countrycode,Berlin,10407,ANYSTREET,0,...
> > > >
> > > > an address in tex shall be generated
> > > >
> > > > \address{JOE ANYONE\\
> > > > ANYSTREET. 0 \\
> > > > 10407 Berlin\\}
> > > >         
> > > It does not sound like describing accurately what you want to have
> > > done, since more than one address will be in the file and it is not
> > > likely that you want to get all \address lines after each other.
> > >       
> > Hmm, I wrote:
> >
> > "to read in separate addresses occasionally,
> > specified by a regexp."
> >
> > What about something like
> >
> > extract an address from a csv-database into a tex letter form?
> >     
>
> Could you write a minimal complete example document that would be
> supposed to work as you want?
>   
Then it would be done.
> I still have no idea what tools are supposed to extract the addresses
> and where they should be placed in what manner.
>
> It may be a TeX programming problem that you have in mind, but then it
> would make little sense asking on the AUCTeX list.  So I still have no
> clue what tool you actually want to do what job on what input.

Need two things:

- a convenient way to extract data with Emacs from  a csv-database
- write them into the \address{} form

Thats not a feature request; just wanted to ask
other users, maybe there is already a form for it.

Thanks

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Andreas Roehler