Re: ox-tufte-latex

[Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>]

Hi,

Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:

> Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>> Oops, I meant margintable instead of marginnote. 
>
> Tables have an environment.  Is that sufficient (coupled with 
> :float nil)?

I think :float margin works well here, too.  Tufte has 3 table widths
corresponding to the width of the text block, text column, and margin.
Since :float multicolumn gives table* it seems most logical to have
:float margin give margintable.

>  
>>> I've skimmed through the "sample-handout.pdf" of the 
>>> tufte-latex  pkg.  marginfigure seems to be pretty similar to a 
>>> figure except  that the environment is changed.  I wonder if it 
>>> would be enough  to allow an :environment attribute to an 
>>> image? 
>> 
>> My solution was :float margin. 
>
> Hmm.  How about a attr :environment for figures?  Wouldn't that be 
> sufficient for this problem.
>
Again, there is :float multicolumn which seems to me analogous to :float
margin. 

>>> Marginnotes.  I don’t think we have a concept like this.  I 
>>> guess  it would be an attribute to a footnote.  Which you 
>>> incidentally  asked about.  Would you use more than one type of 
>>> footnotes in a  single document? 
>> 
>> Marginnotes aren't numbered.  I don't think there is a similar 
>> Org mode concept.  I use a link to make them, so I don't need an 
>> Org-mode counterpart. 
>> 
>> ,------------------------------------------------------------- | 
>> [[latex-opt:marginnote][The journals of Captain Cook and his | 
>> crew contain the first written descriptions of old           | 
>> Hawai`i.;-3\baselineskip]] 
>> `------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
> As you might’ve guessed, I’m not a fan of this solution.  Whether 
> it’s numbered or not in the output, a [mn:N] or [sn:N] reference 
> is more Orgish.  I cannot, however, speak to how difficult it 
> would be to add more note types.

It seems appropriate to me, given the existing functionality of Org mode
and the fact that a marginnote is not a standard LaTeX construct.
Though, I'd happily use something like [mn:N] if it were available.

All the best,
Tom

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