Re: [Gnumed-devel] letterhead

[Sebastian Hilbert]

On Friday, December 30, 2011 06:16:22 PM Busser, Jim wrote:

Hi Jim,

Excellent stuff.

Please consider making those files (with default values) available.

Either we put it in the Wiki (or is it in there already ?) or start a 
dedicated repository.

Ha, found it.

http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/TemplateRepository

The icing on the cake would be a short writeup I could post on my blog.

Sebastian

> On 2011-12-30, at 6:56 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > I really like this plan. You may want to get into contact
> > with Jim who I know has also been designing a letter
> > template for his uses.
> 
> So far, I have developed this set of elements
> 
>   latex_head.tex
>   latex_ribbon_prompt_inside_addr.tex
>   latex_ribbon_prompt_narrative.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_0.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_phone_m.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_phone_h.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_phone_w.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_z_phn.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_z_va_mrn.tex
>   latex_ribbon_patientid_zz_end.tex
>   latex_ribbon_allergy_long.tex
>   latex_ribbon_medicationlist.tex
>   latex_ribbon_medicationtable.tex
>   latex_ribbon_vaccinations.tex
>   latex_ribbon_problem_list.tex
>   latex_ribbon_problems.tex
>   latex_ribbon_measurements.tex
>   latex_ribbon_narr_soap_12.tex
>   latex_ribbon_prompt_soaP.tex
>   latex_ribbon_trailsignaturenostamp.tex
>   latex_tail.tex
> 
> from which to assemble my templates. Each template is achieved as a
> concatenation of
> 
>   latex_head.tex
>   <any desired combination of the above 'ribbons'>
>   latex_tail.tex
> 
> where the 'tail' is really just the statement
> 
>         \end{document}
> 
> My current header and footer are defined in latex_head as:
> 
>   % set page style, first page headers, footers and separator line
> thickness: \usepackage{fancyhdr} % fancy headers
>   \pagestyle{fancy}
>   \fancyhf{} % clear defaults / previous style definitions
>   \lhead{\scriptsize
>   % production configure header values
>   VGH Internal Medicine\\
>   2775 Laurel St, 7th floor Stn 3\\
>   Vancouver, BC VA  V5Z 1M9}
>   \chead{\bfseries
>   Dr James Busser, \scriptsize {MD FRCPC\\}}
>   \rhead{\raggedleft \scriptsize
>   Tel (604) 875-5943\\
>   Fax (604) 676-2224\\
>   {\href{mailto:address@hidden@ubc.ca}}}
>   }
>   \lfoot{}
>   \cfoot{}
>   \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
> 
>   \lfoot{\tiny
>   Prepared using: {\href {http://www.gnumed.org}{GNUmed}}
> $<client_version>$\\ Template: placeholderTemplateFileSpec
>   }
> 
>   \rfoot{
>   % production Uncomment:
>   {\tiny printed $<today::%d %b %Y>$ by $<current_provider>$}\\
>   page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}
>   }
>   %
> 
> after which I clear the content-heavy header -- and define a simpler header
> for pages 2 ... n -- through use of the \afterpage command which empties
> the header *and* footer (which is why you see the footer redefined despite
> that its content is identical to the above first-page footer):
> 
>   \begin{document}
>   %
>   % establish the next (i.e. new) header for pages 2 through end:
>   % don't use \clearpage here, as it would prematurely lose the praxis
> header % use \afterpage, where {} effectively empties the element
>   \afterpage{\lhead{ }}
>   \afterpage{\chead{re: $<lastname>$, $<firstname>$\\
>   DOB $<date_of_birth::%Y %B %d>$}}
>   \afterpage{\rhead{$<current_provider>$ \\
>   $<current_provider_external_id::Designation//BC.CA_MSP>$}}
>   \afterpage{\lfoot{\tiny
>   Prepared using: {\href {http://www.gnumed.org}{GNUmed}}
> $<client_version>$\\ Template: placeholderTemplateFileSpec
>   }}
> 
>   % output the current date and insert a line of vertical space:
>   \today
>   \vspace
> 
> 
> -- Jim