From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas S. Dye Subject: Re: ox-tufte-latex Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 05:41:36 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87lh72k57t.fsf@gmx.us> <87si1ayrxm.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58777) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQzZ3-0003ng-4L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:41:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQzYz-0000g1-SX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:41:53 -0500 Received: from gproxy7-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([70.40.196.235]:48414) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQzYz-0000fa-Hv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:41:49 -0500 In-reply-to: <87si1ayrxm.fsf@gmx.us> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, Rasmus writes: > Hi, > > Thomas S. Dye writes: > >> It would indeed be easy to modify ox-latex.el so it supports the >> non-standard commands of the Tufte LaTeX package. I can send >> patches to that effect, if you like. Ox-latex would need to >> recognize a few new LaTeX attributes and export marginfigure, >> marginnote, and sidenote commands. I hijacked footnote for >> sidenote, so this would probably need some work to recognize >> when one or the other was needed. > Oops, I meant margintable instead of marginnote. > 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. > 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]] `------------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps one could define footnote types, e.g. we now have [fn:N] > pointing to a footnote. [xx:] could point to a note of type XX. > Of course what does this mean outside of LaTeX? Perhaps an > explicit margin note would be more feasible. I don’t know if this > is general interest though... > > I don’t understand the difference between margin notes and > sidenotes from a 10 seconds skim. Sidenotes are numbered. hth, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com