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From: Markus Graf <info@markusgraf.ch>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 20:29:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve Swiss letter template localization and
 formatting
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- Disable page numbering (pagenumber=false) to remove "Page 2" footer
- Add conditional German language support (babel with ngerman/german)
- German labels (Telefon, Anlagen) when texlive-lang-german is installed
- Graceful fallback to English labels when language package unavailable
- Update documentation to clarify language package as recommended

This addresses user feedback about English labels in German letters and unwanted page numbers on multi-page letters.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/.claude/commands/convert-cover-letter.md | 11 +++++++---
 src/.claude/templates/swiss-letter.tex       | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/.claude/commands/convert-cover-letter.md b/src/.claude/commands/convert-cover-letter.md
index 7f40141..e8aab1f 100644
--- a/src/.claude/commands/convert-cover-letter.md
+++ b/src/.claude/commands/convert-cover-letter.md
@@ -91,14 +91,17 @@ LaTeX (pdflatex) is required for PDF generation but is not installed.
 
 ### Ubuntu/Debian:
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install texlive-latex-base texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-extra
+sudo apt install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra
+
+# For German language support (recommended for proper labels):
+sudo apt install texlive-lang-german
 
 ### macOS (Homebrew):
 brew install texlive
 # Note: This is a large download (~4GB). Alternative: MacTeX from https://www.tug.org/mactex/
 
 ### Arch Linux:
-sudo pacman -S texlive-core texlive-latexextra
+sudo pacman -S texlive-core texlive-latexextra texlive-langgerman
 
 ### Windows:
 # Install MiKTeX from: https://miktex.org/download
@@ -108,9 +111,11 @@ sudo pacman -S texlive-core texlive-latexextra
 
 **Required packages**:
 - texlive-latex-base (core LaTeX)
-- texlive-lang-german (Swiss German hyphenation and spelling)
 - texlive-latex-extra (KOMA-Script including scrlttr2)
 
+**Recommended packages**:
+- texlive-lang-german (German labels: "Telefon" instead of "Phone", "Anlagen" instead of "encl")
+
 After installation, run: pdflatex --version
 Then try /convert-cover-letter again.
 ```
diff --git a/src/.claude/templates/swiss-letter.tex b/src/.claude/templates/swiss-letter.tex
index 274af46..1485180 100644
--- a/src/.claude/templates/swiss-letter.tex
+++ b/src/.claude/templates/swiss-letter.tex
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   fromalign=right,        % Sender address aligned right
   fromphone,              % Include phone number
   fromemail,              % Include email address
+  pagenumber=false,       % Disable page numbers
   version=last            % Use latest KOMA-Script features
 ]{scrlttr2}
 
@@ -32,6 +33,28 @@
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
 
+% ==================== LANGUAGE SUPPORT ====================
+% Try to load German language support if available
+% This provides proper German labels (Telefon, Anlagen) and hyphenation
+%
+% If german.ldf is found: Labels will be in German
+% If not found: Labels will be in English (Phone, encl)
+%
+% To install German support:
+% Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install texlive-lang-german
+% Arch: sudo pacman -S texlive-langgerman
+% macOS/Windows: Included in full TeX Live installation
+\IfFileExists{ngerman.ldf}{%
+  \usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
+}{%
+  \IfFileExists{german.ldf}{%
+    \usepackage[german]{babel}
+  }{%
+    % No German language files found
+    % Labels will be in English (Phone, encl) without language package
+  }
+}
+
 % ==================== SWISS LETTER CONFIGURATION ====================
 % Load Swiss Norm (SN) for proper address window positioning
 % This ensures the recipient address fits in standard Swiss envelope windows