In johow/kinlab: Kinship and Reproduction in Historical Populations

Introduction

The Krummhörn is a North-Western region in Germany being already populated since the Middle Age and primarly because of it's fertile marsh yields to an above-average agricultural productivity. During the early 1980's, Eckart Voland^Voland_site initiated a long-term study for the reconstitution of families in the 18th and 19th centuries population of the Krummhörn making use of methods from historical demography^Voland_2000

kinlab::plot_pedigree(as.numeric( names(kh.data::kh_ped)[1]), kinlab::as_date(kh.data::kh_mat[names(kh.data::kh_ped)[1],2,1]), as.data.frame(kh.data::kh_ind),  kh.data::kh_ped[[1]],
kh.data::kh_mat, cex = 0.6)

Headings

This style provides a- and b-heads (that is, # and ##), demonstrated above. An error is emitted if you try to use ### and smaller headings.

\newthought{In his later books}[^books_be], Tufte starts each section with a bit of vertical space, a non-indented paragraph, and sets the first few words of the sentence in small caps. To accomplish this using this style, use the \newthought command as demonstrated at the beginning of this paragraph.

Figures

Margin Figures

Images and graphics play an integral role in Tufte's work. To place figures or tables in the margin you can use the fig.margin knitr chunk option. For example:

kinlab::plot_kinmap(id=as.numeric( names(kh.data::kh_ped)[1]),
                      evdat= kinlab::as_date(kh.data::kh_mat[names(kh.data::kh_ped)[1],2,1]),
                      list_kin=kh.data::kh_kin,
                      list_geo=kh.data::kh_geo,
                      my_map=kh.data::kh_geo[[2]][[1]],
                      spit_results=FALSE,
                      throw_plots=TRUE)

Note the use of the fig.cap chunk option to provide a figure caption. You can adjust the proportions of figures using the fig.width and fig.height chunk options. These are specified in inches, and will be automatically scaled down to fit within the handout margin.

Equations

You can also include \LaTeX\ equations in the margin by explicitly invoking the marginfigure environment.

\begin{marginfigure} $$\frac{d}{dx}\left( \int_{0}^{x} f(u)\,du\right)=f(x).$$ \caption{An equation} \end{marginfigure}

Note the use of the \caption command to add additional text below the equation.

Full Width Figures

You can arrange for figures to span across the entire page by using the fig.fullwidth chun

Note the use of the fig.width and fig.height chunk options to establish the proportions of the figure. Full width figures look much better if their height is minimized.

Main Column Figures

Besides margin and full width figures, you can of course also include figures constrained to the main column.

Sidenotes

One of the most prominent and distinctive features of this style is the extensive use of sidenotes. There is a wide margin to provide ample room for sidenotes and small figures. Any use of a footnote will automatically be converted to a sidenote. ^[This is a sidenote that was entered using a footnote.]

If you'd like to place ancillary information in the margin without the sidenote mark (the superscript number), you can use the \marginnote command. \marginnote{This is a margin note. Notice that there isn't a number preceding the note.}

Note also that the two footnote references (tufte_latex and books_be, both defined below) were also included in the margin on the first page of this document.

Tables

You can use the xtable package to format \LaTeX\ tables that integrate well with the rest of the Tufte handout style. Note that it's important to set the xtable.comment and xtable.booktabs options as shown below to ensure the table is formatted correctly for inclusion in the document.

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