* Fixed a spacing issue with the floats. (Thanks, Dan!) More work on floats and captions to follow.

* Added instructions for compiling the sample book.


git-svn-id: https://tufte-latex.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@117 516e2f36-ce3a-0410-bea4-1d4a03f5df72

README.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ produce Tufte-style handouts, reports, and notes.
 
 == Quick Start
 
-Try typesetting sample.tex with the following sequence
+Try typesetting sample-handout.tex with the following sequence
 of commands,
 
  pdflatex sample-handout
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ of commands,
 
 The result should look like sample-handout.pdf.
 
+The sample book can be compiled with the following:
+
+ pdflatex sample-book
+ bibtex sample-book
+ texindy --language english sample-book.idx
+ # or makeindex sample-book.idx
+ pdflatex sample-book
+ pdflatex sample-book
+ pdflatex sample-book
+
+
 == Troubleshooting
 
 If you encounter errors of the form,
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ The following packages are optional and will be automatically used if installed:
 == Bugs/Features/Support
 
 For kudos, feature requests, patches, or support requests that you
-feel are /particular/ to this Tufte LaTeX package, i.e. not a general
+feel are /particular/ to this Tufte-LaTeX package, i.e., not a general
 LaTeX issue, please use this project's issue tracker available at
 
  http://tufte-latex.googlecode.com

tufte-common.def

@@ -975,14 +975,18 @@
 \newcommand{\@tufte@float@textwidth}[2]{%
   \ifthenelse{\NOT\boolean{@tufte@symmetric}\OR\boolean{@tufte@float@recto}}{%
     % asymmetric or page is odd, so caption is on the right
-    \usebox{#1}%
-    \hspace{\marginparsep}%
-    \smash{\usebox{#2}}%
+    \hbox{%
+      \usebox{#1}%
+      \hspace{\marginparsep}%
+      \smash{\usebox{#2}}%
+    }%
   }{%
     % symmetric pages and page is even, so caption is on the left
-    \strut\smash{\usebox{#2}}%
-    \hspace{\marginparsep}%
-    \usebox{#1}%
+    \hbox{%
+      \smash{\usebox{#2}}%
+      \hspace{\marginparsep}%
+      \usebox{#1}%
+    }%
   }%
 }