Try using underscores in variable names.

Makes for pretty ugly latex, but looks better on the frontend.

flaskr/static/styles.css

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ input, textarea {
   dl {
     margin-top: 0;
   }
-  #closingtext {
+  #closing_text {
     width: 50%;
   }
 }

flaskr/templates/writing.jinja2

@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
     <dl>
       {{ render_field(form.username) }}
       {{ render_field(form.company) }}
-      {{ render_field(form.jobandpronoun) }}
-      {{ render_field(form.skilltypes) }}
-      {{ render_field(form.myskills) }}
+      {{ render_field(form.job_and_pronoun) }}
+      {{ render_field(form.skill_types) }}
+      {{ render_field(form.my_skills) }}
       {{ render_field(form.body, 'class=bigtext') }}
-      {{ render_field(form.closingtext) }}
+      {{ render_field(form.closing_text) }}
     </dl>
 
     {% if errors %}

latty.py

@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ base_tex_text = open(proj_dir + "/writing_templates/base.tex", "r").read()
 class CLData:
     username: str
     company: str
-    jobandpronoun: str
-    skilltypes: str
-    myskills: str
-    closingtext: str
+    job_and_pronoun: str
+    skill_types: str
+    my_skills: str
+    closing_text: str
     body: str
 
     def get_pairs(self):
         return [
             ("username", self.username),
             ("company", self.company),
-            ("jobandpronoun", self.jobandpronoun),
-            ("skilltypes", self.skilltypes),
-            ("myskills", self.myskills),
-            ("closingtext", self.closingtext),
+            ("job_and_pronoun", self.job_and_pronoun),
+            ("skill_types", self.skill_types),
+            ("my_skills", self.my_skills),
+            ("closing_text", self.closing_text),
             ("body", self.body),
         ]
 

writing.py

@@ -26,22 +26,23 @@ class CLForm(Form):
         [validators.Length(min=2, max=99)],
         default="BananaCorp"
     )
-    jobandpronoun = StringField(
+    job_and_pronoun = StringField(
         'Job and Pronoun (a/an):',
         [validators.Length(min=4, max=99)],
         default="a banana stocker"
     )
-    skilltypes = StringField(
+    skill_types = StringField(
         'Skill Type:',
         [validators.Length(min=2, max=99)],
         default="practical"
     )
-    myskills = StringField(
+    my_skills = StringField(
         'My Skills:',
         [validators.Length(min=2, max=99)],
         default="stocking bananas"
     )
-    closingtext = TextAreaField(
+
+    closing_text = TextAreaField(
         'Closing Text:',
         [validators.Length(min=2, max=99)],
         default="I look forward to hearing from you"
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ class CLForm(Form):
         [validators.Length(min=4, max=9999)],
         default=(
             "My name is {\\username}. I'm excited for the opportunity to work as "
-            "{\\jobandpronoun} with your company.  I think my {\\skilltypes} knowledge "
-            "of {\\myskills} can contribute a lot to your team.\n\n"
+            "{\\job_and_pronoun} with your company.  I think my {\\skill_types} knowledge "
+            "of {\\my_skills} can contribute a lot to your team.\n\n"
     
             "I am passionate about what I do, and I think we would work well together.\n\n"
     
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ def index_get():
 
 
 @writing_blueprint.route('/dbtest', methods=['GET'])
-def dbtest_get():
+def db_test_get():
     response = make_response(db.get_user_letters(1)[0].contents, 200)
     response.mimetype = "text/plain"
     return response
@@ -105,10 +106,10 @@ def index_post():
         data = CLData(
             username=form.username.data,
             company=form.company.data,
-            jobandpronoun=form.jobandpronoun.data,
-            skilltypes=form.skilltypes.data,
-            myskills=form.myskills.data,
-            closingtext=form.closingtext.data,
+            job_and_pronoun=form.job_and_pronoun.data,
+            skill_types=form.skill_types.data,
+            my_skills=form.my_skills.data,
+            closing_text=form.closing_text.data,
             body=form.body.data,
         )
 

writing_templates/base.tex

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 \body
 
-\closing{\closingtext,}
+\closing{\closing\_text,}
 
 \end{letter}
 \end{document}

writing_templates/default.tex

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
  
 \def \thecompany {BananCorp}
-\def \jobandpronoun {PusherBoy }
-\def \skilltypes {broad, practical }
-\def \myskills {software design principles}
+\def \job\_and\_pronoun {PusherBoy }
+\def \skill\_types {broad, practical }
+\def \my\_skills {software design principles}
 % CoverLetter.tex - Create a cover letter using an included vars.tex
 
 % \def \username {Sage Vaillancourt}
 % \def \thecompany {Travelers}
-% \def \jobandpronoun {a Software Engineer }
-% \def \skilltypes {broad, practical }
-% \def \myskills   {computer systems}
+% \def \job\_and\_pronoun {a Software Engineer }
+% \def \skill\_types {broad, practical }
+% \def \my\_skills   {computer systems}
 
 \include{vars}
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 \opening{Dear \thecompany,}
 
 My name is Sage Vaillancourt. I'm excited for the opportunity to work as
-\jobandpronoun  with your company. It's clear that you're looking for a hard worker who
-has a \skilltypes knowledge of \myskills, so I'm certain that I'd be a
+\job\_and\_pronoun  with your company. It's clear that you're looking for a hard worker who
+has a \skill\_types knowledge of \my\_skills, so I'm certain that I'd be a
 perfect fit to work with you.
 
 I am someone who has been passionate about computers my whole life, and I have