improvements suggested by mykel

Author: tawheeler

book.tex

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 % biber book
 % lualatex book
 
-\documentclass[fullbook]{book_template}
+\documentclass[fullbook]{tufte_algorithms_book}
+
+\title{Textbook Template}
+\author[LastnameOne and LastnameTwo]{Author A. LastnameOne \\ Author B. LastnameTwo}
+\date{2019}
 
 \begin{document}
 \frontmatter

chapter/appendix/julia.tex

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \subsection{Booleans}
 \end{juliaverbatim}
 The left-hand side of the equal sign is the variable name, and the right hand side is the value.
 
-We can make assignments in the Julia console. The console will return a response to the expression being evaulated.
+We can make assignments in the Julia console. The console will return a response to the expression being evaluated.
 \begin{juliaconsole}
 x = true
 y = false

chapter/introduction.tex

@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ \chapter{Introduction}
 \label{ch:introduction}
 
 Welcome to the book template!
-
-\todo{This is something that I still need to do.}
-
-\tim{This is a comment that Tim inserted.}
-\mykel{And this is Mykel. Go ahead and add new commands associated with your own names by editing \texttt{book.cls}.}
-
 This template is based on our previous book.\cite{Kochenderfer2019}
 
 \section{Using Julia}
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ \section{Using Julia}
 	}
 \end{figure}
 
-Of course, there is nothing stopping you from inserting tikzpictures directly.
+Of course, there is nothing stopping you from inserting tikzpictures directly, as shown in \cref{fig:sample_tikzpicture}.
 \begin{figure}
 	\centering
 	\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm, y=1cm]
@@ -87,4 +81,42 @@ \section{Using Julia}
 		\label{fig:sample_tikzpicture}
 		A figure made using the \texttt{tikzpicture} environment.
 	}
-\end{figure}
+\end{figure}
+
+Figures can also be placed in the margins, as with
+\begin{marginfigure}
+	\begin{jlcode}
+	p = let
+		Axis(Plots.Linear(x->sin(x) + x, 0:10, style="solid, pastelBlue, mark=none"),
+			 width="5cm", height="5cm", xlabel=L"x", ylabel=L"f(x)")
+	end
+	plot(p)
+	\end{jlcode}
+	\begin{center}
+		\plot{fig/sample_marginfigure}
+	\end{center}
+	\caption{
+		\label{fig:sample_marginfigure}
+		A \texttt{marginfigure} in the margin.
+	}
+\end{marginfigure}
+
+
+The \texttt{pythontex} package also supports
+\begin{juliaconsole}
+x = true
+y = false
+typeof(x)
+\end{juliaconsole}
+
+\section{Custom Environments}
+
+example
+
+problem / solution
+
+\section{Math Notation}
+
+\section{Custom Commands}
+
+\todo{This is something that I still need to do.}

titlepage.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+\makeatletter
 \begin{titlepage}
 {\Huge
 \noindent
-Textbook Template Title Page}
+\@title}
 \end{titlepage}
 
 \cleardoublepage
@@ -10,12 +11,11 @@
 \vfill
 {\Huge
 \noindent
-Textbook Template
+\@title
 }\\[0.5in]
 {\Large
 \noindent
-Mykel J. Kochenderfer\\
-Tim A. Wheeler
+\@author
 }
 \vfill
 {\large
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@
 Cambridge, Massachusetts\\
 London, England
 }\\[1in]
+\makeatother
 

book_template.cls tufte_algorithms_book.cls

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\ProvidesClass{book_template}
+\ProvidesClass{tufte_algorithms_book}
 \RequirePackage{luatex85}
 
 \LoadClass[justified,nobib,titlepage]{tufte-book}
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 }
 \ProcessOptions\relax
 
-\title{Textbook Template}
-\author[Kochenderfer and Wheeler]{Mykel J. Kochenderfer \& Tim A. Wheeler}
-\date{2019}
-
 \expandafter\def\csname PY@tok@err\endcsname{}
 
 \geometry{
@@ -106,11 +102,6 @@
 
 \newcommand{\todo}[1]{\textbf{\textcolor{magenta}{#1}}}
 \newcommand{\needcite}{\todo{cite}}
-\newcommand{\tim}[1]{\textbf{\textcolor{teal}{#1}}}
-\newcommand{\mykel}[1]{\textbf{\textcolor{orange}{#1}}}
-\newcommand{\todof}[1]{\sidenote{\todo{#1}}}
-\newcommand{\timf}[1]{\sidenote{\tim{#1}}}
-\newcommand{\mykelf}[1]{\sidenote{\mykel{#1}}}
 
 \newcommand{\siyear}[1]{\num[group-minimum-digits=999]{#1}}
 \newcommand{\siyearrange}[2]{\siyear{#1}--\siyear{#2}}