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README.md

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+## linl [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/eddelbuettel/linl.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/eddelbuettel/linl) [![Package-License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html) [![CRAN](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/linl)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=linl) [![Downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/linl?color=brightgreen)](http://www.r-pkg.org/pkg/linl)
+
+Linl in not Letter
+
+### Motivation
+
+The LaTeX Letter class is very useful for simple letters.  As such
+letters are also somewhat standardized, they make for excellent
+candidates for use by Markdown.
+
+This package leans on earlier work by [Aaron Woolen](http://aaronwolen.com/) in his
+[pandoc-letter](https://github.com/aaronwolen/pandoc-letter) repository, and extends it for use from
+R via the [rmarkdown](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmarkdown) package.
+
+### Example
+
+#### Skeleton
+
+The skelecon creates a very simple letter.  This shows the (complete) source on the left and the
+rendered pdf on the right:
+
+![](https://eddelbuettel.github.io/linl/skeleton.png)
+
+#### Vignette
+
+The vignette example is a little more featureful and shows how to included a letterhead on-demand,
+as well as a signature.  Both of these are driven by simple YAML headers as seen on the left:
+
+![](https://eddelbuettel.github.io/linl/vignette.png)
+
+### Status
+
+The package is working, but not yet on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/).
+
+### Usage 
+
+Use the standard 
+
+```r
+install.packages("linl")
+```
+
+to install it from CRAN, and then use as a Markdown template via RStudio, or use code such as
+
+```r
+library(rmarkdown)
+draft("myletter.Rmd", template="pdf", package="linl", edit=FALSE)
+render("myletter.Rmd")
+```
+
+to create a first draft of a new `myletter.Rmd`.
+
+### Requirements
+
+Beyond the R package dependencies, a working `pandoc` binary is needed. RStudio installs
+its own copy, otherwise do what is needed on your OS (_i.e._, something like `sudo apt-get
+install pandoc pandoc-citeproc`).
+
+The pdf mode should only require a basic LaTeX installation.
+
+### Authors
+
+Dirk Eddelbuettel, leaning on the earlier work by Aaron Woolen.
+
+### License
+
+GPL-3 for this package, the work in [pandoc-letter](https://github.com/aaronwolen/pandoc-letter), 
+as well as underlying Pandoc template.

linl.Rproj

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+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 4
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source