Hi, as background: I have been using Apache FOP (https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) in the past to print letters according to the German standard DIN 5008 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_5008). Since FOP is a Java application and the support for Java in Fedora is dwindling, I want to switch my workflow to groff.
I found Chris Schaller's macros (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2010-09/msg00038.html) which work, but feel not very integrated into the groff eco- sphere. I'd rather want to set up my new workflow on some existing "framework" enhanced to accommodate the peculiari- ties of the German standard. It appears to me that the (only?) macro packages shipping with groff which have "proper" support for writing letters (i. e., macros that have a notion of sender, recipient, date, etc.) are mom (http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/momdoc/letters.html) and mm (https://tkurtbond.github.io/troff/mm-all.pdf, appendix D). Of the two, mm seems easier to extend as it is not only sig- nificantly smaller :-), but also already has a structure for different types of letters (BL, SB, FB, SP). Am I missing some obvious alternative to produce letters ac- cording to DIN 5008? TIA, Tim
