Re: ox-tufte-latex

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

Aloha Eduardo,

Eduardo Mercovich writes:
>>> + if I put a plain text link in a sidenote (like
>>> "\sidenote{see http://AgileManifesto.org}"), it doesn't get
>>> automagically converted to a link as it is in the text body. It appears
>>> as normal text and without the \url{...}, so it doesn't look and doesn't
>>> act as a link.
>
>> IIUC, I think you need to tell Org mode that this is a link:
>> \sidenote{see [[http://AgileManifesto.org]]}.
>
> I tried it and still I have some issues... 
>
> I have Org-mode version 8.3.1 (8.3.1-95-g1dbb25-elpaplus) and GNU Emacs
> 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10).
>
> Using the same org document as source, if I use the standard latex
> export everything seems fine (except this sidenote link that does not
> get hiperlinked as URL), but if I use tufte-latex (with "require
> 'ox-tufte-latex" in my .emacs file) I have a "PDF file produced with
> errors" message. However, I can't spot the difference between both files
> with my eyes (they have the same size, but diff says they are
> different).
>
> In both cases -orglatex and tuftelatex- the sidenote linke gets rendered
> with the double brackets around and not as clickable URL.
>
> How can I give you more info to diagnose this case? 

I'll take a closer look at this and get back to you.  I'm writing for
print, so didn't consider this use case.

> Is it possible to do that in org for latex fragments (like putting
> f"\sidenote{" and the closing "}" in a lighter face)?
>
> Sorry if this is obvious but I'm relatively new to the Emacs-verse. 

I don't know if this is possible.  Perhaps others on the list will know?

> Again, thank you org-tufte-latex. I can be a heavy user of this system,
> so I hope to be of help to make it even better. :)

Great.  I hope you find it useful.

All the best,
Tom

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