Emacs: improved letter LaTeX template.

Shell: PDF reqize to A4 function.

.emacs.d/modes.el

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
    )
   )
 
+;; TODO: for  TeX/LaTeX only.
 ;; Replace tex-view
 (define-key my-keys-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-v") 'tex-pdf-view)
 ;; Save automatically before compiling.

.emacs.d/snippets/latex-mode/letter.yasnippet

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 \def\civility{%
   \en{\male{M.}\female{Mrs.}}%
-  \fr{\male{Monsieur}\female{Madame}}%
+  \fr{\male{Monsieur}\female{Madame}\org{Madame, Monsieur}}%
 }
 
 %% Greetings toggle.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 \en{\hfill}
 \begin{minipage}{\mpwidth}
   \edef\fullname{\firstname{} \familyname{}}
-  \pinex{\fullname}{{\bfseries \fullname}
+  \pinex{\fullname}{\textbf{\fullname}}
   \vspace{0.5em}\\\\
   }
   \small\itshape%
@@ -226,12 +226,8 @@
 \fr{\hfill}%
 \begin{minipage}{\mpwidth}
   \edef\recipientfullname{\recipientfirstname{} \recipientfamilyname}
-  \pinex{\fullname}{{\bfseries \recipientfullname}
-  \\\\[0.5\baselineskip]
-  }
-  \pinex{\recipientinstitute}{\recipientinstitute{}
-    \\\\[0.5\baselineskip]
-  }
+  \pinex{\recipientfullname}{\textbf{\recipientfullname}\\\\[0.5\baselineskip]}
+  \pinex{\recipientinstitute}{\recipientinstitute{}\\\\[0.5\baselineskip]}
   \pinex{\recipientcity}{
     {\small\itshape
       \recipientstreet{} \\\\
@@ -303,10 +299,11 @@ I thank you for your consideration; I am looking forward to hearing from you soo
 
 \vfill
 
-%% \noindent{\em
-%%   \fr{Ci-joint~: Curriculum Vitæ}
-%%   \en{Attachment: Curriculum Vit\ae}
-%% }
+\noindent{
+  \scriptsize
+  \emph{\fr{Pièce(s) joint(es)~:}\en{Attachment:}}
+  Curriculum Vitæ
+}
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \end{document}

.shell.d/funs_rc

@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ if [ ! -n "$(command -v atool)" ]; then
     }
 fi
 
-# WARNING: use this function with caution.  It may drastically improve
-# compression of some PDF files, but in some case, the output filesize will be
-# greater! You should not use it over PDF files embedding pictures as well.
+## WARNING: use this function with caution.  It may drastically improve
+## compression of some PDF files, but in some case, the output filesize will be
+## greater! You should not use it over PDF files embedding pictures as well.
 pdfcompress ()
 {
     if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ pdfcompress ()
     fi
 }
 
+## Extract a range of pages from a PDF.
 pdfextract ()
 {
     if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
@@ -561,6 +562,17 @@ pdfextract ()
     gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dSAFER -dFirstPage=$2 -dBATCH -dLastPage=$3 -sOutputFile=$4 $1
 }
 
+## Resize input PDF to an A4 output PDF.
+pdfresize ()
+{
+    if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+        echo "Usage: $0 <input> <output>"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    gs  -q -o $2 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dFIXEDMEDIA -dPDFFitPage -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 $1
+}
+
 ## Create an archive from a single or multiples files/folders.
 archive ()
 {