From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using "variables" (correct term?) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:07:25 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423167022 6883 80.91.229.3 (5 Feb 2015 20:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 20:10:22 +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 21:10:21 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 1YJSkm-0002ad-JF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 21:10:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45019 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJSkl-0002vn-Jy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:10:19 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!barmar.motzarella.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Injection-Info: barmar.motzarella.org; posting-host="2be9e9f5dd9af768b8861af71b85fc28"; logging-data="14978"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+VY7PgXtOfeOp22ssgrDqh" User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lN/EpP8DMFG99roFZ35wUn0DWsc= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:210235 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:102512 Archived-At: In article , Steven Arntson wrote: > 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 This is generally called "mail merge" or "templates". -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***