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%% [merge.sty]
%%
%% MERGE -- A Form Letter Option to the LaTeX Letter Style
%%
%% by
%%
%% Graeme McKinstry
%% Computing Services Centre
%% University of Otago
%% P O Box 56
%% Dunedin, New Zealand
%%
%% graeme%otago.ac.nz@relay.cs.net
%%
%% A version of these macros appeared in TUGboat 8 #1, April 1987.
%%
%% Merge is a substyle [option] under the Latex style 'Letter' which
%% merges a standard letter with a separate file containing addresses
%% and opening lines. Merge will read {address}{opening} pairs from a
%% specified file and merge them with a form letter by producing a separate
%% letter environment (containing unique "\begin{letter}{address}" and
%% "\opening{opening}" commands) for each pair.
%%
%% Detailed instructions for preparation of the form letter and the
%% separate address file appear below, after the macros.
%%
%%
%% 27 July 1988
%% Special Thanks go to B. Beeton (BNB@SEED.AMS.COM) for
%% -- supplying the raw TeX and documentation from the TUGBoat article;
%% -- adding some documentation;
%% -- and for placing this file in the <tex.tugboat> archives at score.
%%
%% 28 July 1988
%% C. Roberson (csrobe@icase.[arpa|edu], csrobe@[wm]cs.wm.edu)
%% -- some additional documentation (mostly cleanup for .sty file);
%% -- changed ID message to a form more similar to LaTeX's;
%% -- changed "Could not open file" to "Could not open address file"
%% so user would better understand for which filename TeX
%% was prompting with the string "\@mergefile=";
%% -- tested merge.sty; It works! Thanks, Graeme!
%% -- submitted file to /public/latex-style archives @ cs.rochester.edu.
%%
%% 6 September 1988
%% G. McKinstry
%% -- enhanced the macros to handle running headlines properly;
%% -- fixed some other problems from the original version not addressed
%% fully by C. Roberson;
%% -- submitted new file to the latex-style archives.
%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% csr - changed next line to conform more to LaTeX greeting.
\typeout{Letter Sub-Style 'Merge'. Release 6 October 1986 by Graeme McKinstry}
%% The basic algorithm is:
%% 1. Open the address file.
%% 2. Read the addresses file getting the address and opening line.
%% 3. Process the contents of the MERGE environment and store it
%% in a box (\@store). This is the standard part of the letter.
%% 4. Produce the start of the letter (your address (including date),
%% their address, and the opening line).
%% 5. Make a copy of the standard letter (\@store) and unbox this copy.
%% 6. Repeat steps 2, 4, and 5 (not 3) until there are no more addresses.
\newbox\@store
\long\def\@contents{\global\setbox\@store=\vbox\bgroup} % store the contents
\long\def\@endcontents{\egroup} % of the letter
\def\@sendaddress{test}
\def\@openingtext{test}
\newif\if@firsttime % For storing the standard letter
\@firsttimetrue % the first time through.
\newread\@addrfile % allocate an input stream
\def\@openfile{\openin\@addrfile=\@mergefile % open the address file
\ifeof\@addrfile % i.e., didn't open successfully
\loop
\immediate\write16{Could not open address file \@mergefile}
\closein\@addrfile % close the input stream
\read16 to \@mergefile % get another file name
\openin\@addrfile=\@mergefile % open up input stream
\ifeof\@addrfile
\repeat % repeat until successfully opened
\fi}
% The merge environment (used as the \begin{merge}. The argument (#1) is
% the name of the file containing the addresses (a default of .tex extension)
% This file is opened (\@openfile), read (\@readfile), and then the box
% containing the contents of the standard letter is started (\@contents).
\def\merge#1{\def\@mergefile{#1 }\@openfile
\@readfile
\@contents}
% Read address file getting the address and opening line. If this is the
% first through then there is no reason to call \endmerge as this will
% be called later on (when \end{merge} is used).
\def\@getopeningline{\global\read\@addrfile
to\@openingtext} % get the opening line
\def\@readfile{\global\read\@addrfile to\@sendaddress % get the address
\ifeof\@addrfile
\let\next=\relax
\else
\@getopeningline
\if@firsttime
\let\next=\relax
\else
\let\next=\endmerge
\fi
\fi\next}
\newbox\@letterbox % For copy of \@store (the box containing the standard
% letter.
\def\endmerge{\if@firsttime\@endcontents\global\@firsttimefalse\fi %
% end contents if it is the first time
\bgroup\let\oldletter=\letter
\def\letter##1\@relax{\oldletter{##1}} % redefines letter
\expandafter\letter\@sendaddress\@relax % need to expand \@sendaddress
\opening{\@openingtext\vskip2\parskip}
\setbox\@letterbox=\copy\@store % copy the contents of the letter
\unvbox\@letterbox
\endletter\egroup
\ifeof\@addrfile
\message{End of file}
\let\next=\relax
\else
\let\next=\@readfile % loop round yet again
\fi\next}
\endinput
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% A letter, say LETTER.TEX, would be set up as follows:
%% \documentstyle[merge]{letter}
%%
%% \address{...} % your address
%% \signature{...} % your signature
%%
%% \begin{document}
%% \begin{merge}{myaddresses} % MYADDRESSES.TEX contains addresses+openings
%%
%% With regard to .... % letter starts
%%
%% \closing{...} % closing
%% \ps{...} % \ps, \encl, \cc, etc.
%%
%% \end{merge}
%% \end{document}
%% The address file, MYADDRESSES.TEX, would contain:
%% {Computing Services Centre, \\ % first address
%% University of Otago, \\
%% Dunedin, \\
%% New Zealand}
%% {Dear Graeme,} % \opening for first address
%% {Charles S. Roberson\\ % next address
%% Dept. of Computer Science\\
%% College of William and Mary\\
%% Williamsburg, VA 23185}
%% {Dear Chip,} % next \opening
%% .... % etc.
%% NOTES:
%% Braces are matched, except that if the input is only one line then it
%% is not necessary to contain it within braces.
%% It is important to leave NO BLANK LINES at the end of the address file.
%% Be sure to supply the "\\" for breaking the addresses. -csr
%% [merge.sty]
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