Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working

From	Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working
Date	2016-05-18 16:20 +0200
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Il 18/05/2016 00:58, David Wright ha scritto:

> I have no idea of exactly what you do during your mailmerge, but I
> think what Rodary was suggesting might have been a script-driven
> combination of database (like postgresql) and text processor
> (like TeX/LaTeX) finished off with pdftk, to replace your use of
> database (?) and word processor (LibreOffice).
> 
> The suggestion is that you have better control of more robust tools
> than your present system, described as fragile, limited and, now,
> broken.
> 
> I typed   mail merge latex   into google and got some interesting hits
> on CTAN and stackexchange. However, it would be presumtuous to make
> more than a suggestion.

sure, I can think of several alternatives, just the type of task is not
very suitable for that - and the main aim of this mail was a bit more
altruistic: to verify the existence of a real bug, to fill up a ticket.
(I'm also trying to avoid Java as much as possible, generally successful).
All the best, and thanks.
-- 
Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html

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Libreoffice mail merge not working Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it> - 2016-05-13 08:40 +0200
  Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working Rodary Jacques <rodaryj@free.fr> - 2016-05-14 00:30 +0200
    Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it> - 2016-05-14 08:30 +0200
      Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working Rodary Jacques <rodaryj@free.fr> - 2016-05-17 03:20 +0200
        Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it> - 2016-05-17 07:20 +0200
          Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-05-18 01:10 +0200
            Re: Libreoffice mail merge not working Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it> - 2016-05-18 16:20 +0200

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