---
author: Karl-Heinz Müller-Lüdenscheidt
return-address: 
  - Vicco-von-Bülow-Str. 3
  - 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg
return-short: Müller-Lüdenscheidt, Vicco-von-Bülow-Str. 3, 10623 Berlin

address:
  - Dr. Klöbner
  - Musterstr. 12
  - 34567 Musterstadt
  
subject: Usage of YAML parameter `return-short`
opening: Dear Dr. Klöbner,
closing: Sincerely,
signature: Karl-Heinz Müller-Lüdenscheidt

output: komaletter::komaletter

vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{komaletter example letter 4}
  %\VignetteKeywords{komaletter,vignette}
  %\VignettePackage{komaletter}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---

this letter shows the usage of the YAML parameter `return-short`. The parameter
has been created to allow for a different possibly shorter address to fit in 
the window. If `return-address` and `return-short` are used, the probably longer
`return-address` is shown in the letterhead and the hopefully one line 
`return-short` in the address window. Usually (without using `return-short`) the
address in the window is assembled from the `author` and the `return-address` 
and therefore identical to the address in the letterhead. 

The `return-short` must contain the entire return address shown in the window
including the author name, since the author is not prepended. The YAML parameter 
`return-short` maybe either a one line text variable or a YAML sequence also 
known as list. 

```
return-short: Müller-Lüdenscheidt, Vicco-von-Bülow-Str. 3, 10623 Berlin

return-short:
  - Müller-Lüdenscheidt
  - Vicco-von-Bülow-Str. 3
  - 10623 Berlin
```

In the case of the one line text form the writer specifies the address 
separator, a comma in the above example. If `return-short` is given as a 
sequence / list, the address separator is defined in the relevant layout 
(`lco`-file).