From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steven Arntson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: using "variables" (correct term?) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:34:54 -0800 Message-ID: <87egq41a29.fsf@stevenarntson.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423161325 6257 80.91.229.3 (5 Feb 2015 18:35:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 18:35:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 19:35:25 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGv-0001No-3o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:35:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44281 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGu-0001nx-DK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40125) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGe-0001kg-W3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:35:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGc-0000w8-6l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGb-0000t7-WF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:35:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YJRGX-00018o-1a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:35:01 +0100 Original-Received: from 104.244.220.59 ([104.244.220.59]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:35:01 +0100 Original-Received: from steven by 104.244.220.59 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:35:01 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 104.244.220.59 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ksApClu7DPGolBwl19nnhNPS02U= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102506 Archived-At: Perhaps what I'm really searching for here is just the correct term, because I don't think it's "variables." I'm trying to send out some form letters to various people, and am looking for a way to define something at the top, like: #+RECIPIENT: Jane Doe which would automatically replace itself in the letter when referenced with "RECIPIENT". Is this called a "variable"? How would I go about doing it? I'm using org-mode, but the solution needn't be org-based. Ever-a-newbie, Steven Arntson