double-sidedgeometrymargins
Is there any solution to use different layouts according to the oneside or twoside specification?
The first part of my report (abstract, ToC, LoF, LoT) should be in oneside mode
and the rest of the document should be in twoside mode.
P.S. I'm using the geometry package for setting the layout:
\usepackage[twoside,width=16cm,height=24cm,left=3cm]{geometry}
Looks to me like a bug in the code. The package switches to twoside within the calculations for the layout=a5paperbut neglects to move the whole area within the paper area as well (which it should in that case, I would say).
So I guess the answer is to do this manually:
\makeatletter
\newlength\hcorr
\setlength\hcorr{\paperwidth}
\addtolength\hcorr{-\Gm@layoutwidth}
\makeatother
\geometry{layouthoffset=.5\hcorr,
layoutvoffset=1in}
The value of \Gm@layoutwidth is simply the internal width calculated by the layout= key or specified by layoutwidth=. The assumption is that \paperwidth minus that length divided by 2 puts our page smack in the middle horizonatally. And the layoutvhoffset=1inis just there to move the top cropmark onto the paper, you may not want that.
First you have to define a layout with enough margin space.
paperwidth=170mm, paperheight=240mm, left=142pt, top=40pt, textwidth=280pt, marginparsep=20pt, marginparwidth=100pt, textheight=560pt, footskip=40pt
The asymmetric layout is a little bit tricky. If I understand correctly, you want the margin and text width to be the same, but the page is shifted towards the outer edge. This can be achieved with a binding offset.
bindingoffset=30pt,asymmetric
the latter option makes the margin always appear on the same side. Now, you have to switch the \marginpars to appear at the inner side, this is done with the
reversemarginpar
option. I also used showframe to make everything more obvious. In total:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[paperwidth=170mm, paperheight=240mm, left=142pt, top=40pt, textwidth=280pt, marginparsep=20pt, marginparwidth=100pt, textheight=560pt, footskip=40pt,bindingoffset=30pt,showframe,asymmetric,reversemarginpar]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
~\newpage
\marginpar{\lipsum[3]}\lipsum[2]
\clearpage
\marginpar{\lipsum[3]}\lipsum[4]
\end{document}
which gives you
It is not clear, whether you want tufte-latex or not. Please provide an MWE and I will try to edit the answer.
EDIT:
If you are willing to try something new, you might like sidenotes. It is a package I made to add the T-L functionality to normal LaTeX classes. You can get the newest version on github. So in principle, a question such as 'How to do that in T-L' becomes 'How to do that in LaTeX'. This should give you a lot of options. In your particular case:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{sidenotes}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[paperwidth=170mm, paperheight=240mm, left=142pt, top=40pt, textwidth=280pt, marginparsep=20pt, marginparwidth=100pt, textheight=560pt, footskip=40pt,bindingoffset=30pt,asymmetric,reversemarginpar]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
~\newpage
\lipsum[1]
\begin{marginfigure}
\includegraphics[width=100pt]{rectangle}
\caption{I am a figure}
\end{marginfigure}
\lipsum[2]
\clearpage
\begin{margintable}%
\small
\begin{tabular}{lll}
Hg&Sn&Pb \\
0.50&0.47&0.48\\
\end{tabular}
\caption{I am a table.}%
\end{margintable}%
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}
which gives you:
I do not know the answer to your second question off-hand, but \begin{adjustwidth} should be a good starting point. With the sidenotes package you might be able to look for a generic LaTeX answer and use that.
Best Answer
I'm not sure why you want to switch from
onesidetotwosidemid-document, and a textblock of 16 cm width and 24 cm height won't look pretty. That said, it is possible to change mostgeometrysettings mid-document since version 5.