[Tex/LaTex] use biblatex with Tufte classes

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Is it possible to use biblatex with the Tufte document classes (tufte-handout and tufte-book). If so, what modifications should I make to my preamble or class wrapper in order to use biblatex?

I've tried the recommended patch in a simple example:

\documentclass[nobib]{tufte-handout}

\usepackage{hyphenat}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex, natbib=true, style=numeric]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
\renewcommand{\cite}[2][0pt]{\sidenote[][#1]{\fullcite{#2}}}

\begin{document}

This,\cite{Sarukkai:2005} should be a side note and this\cite{Sarukkai:2005} should too.

\printbibliography 

\end{document}

But I don't get the results I should be getting (note the missing second citation):

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(I'm also not sure how to combine this with the modifications I've already made to support abbreviated citations after the first occurrence.)

Best Answer

Rather than redefining the \cite command, I would use biblatex’s ability to let every citation go into a footnote (option autocite=footnote) which then will go into a sidenote (since tufte-latex uses the normal \footnote command for sidenotes). The following works for me with the tufte-common.def 3.5.2 from the tufte-latex svn repository. To override the original def file, just save the revised one as $TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/tufte-latex/tufte-common.def, where $TEXMFHOME is the path returned by kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME.

\documentclass[nobib]{tufte-handout}

\usepackage{hyphenat}
\usepackage[
  style=verbose,
  autocite=footnote,
  backend=biber
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}

This,\autocite{springer} should be a side note and this\autocite{springer} should too.

\printbibliography 

\end{document}

enter image description here

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You don't need to define custom cite commands, but just different settings for citations v. bibliographies. For showing "et al" in citations simply use the package options maxbibnames and maxcitenames; for removing certain fields only in citations use \AtEveryCitekey and \clearfield.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[maxbibnames=99,maxcitenames=1]{biblatex}
\AtEveryCitekey{\clearfield{url}}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{A01,
  author = {Author, A. and Buthor, B. and Cuthor, C. and Duthor, D.},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
  url = {http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/12806/510},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

Some text \footfullcite{A01}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}

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Add the following code to the preamble of your document:

\usepackage{etoolbox}% provides some support for comma-separated lists

\makeatletter
% We'll keep track of the old/seen bibkeys here.
\def\@tufte@old@bibkeys{}

% This macro prints the full citation if it's the first time it's been used
% and a shorter citation if it's been used before.
\newcommand{\@tufte@print@margin@citation}[1]{%
  % print full citation if bibkey is not in the old bibkeys list
  \ifinlist{#1}{\@tufte@old@bibkeys}{%
    \citealp{#1}% print short entry
  }{%
    \bibentry{#1}% print full entry
  }%
  % add bibkey to the old bibkeys list
  \listgadd{\@tufte@old@bibkeys}{#1}%
}

% We've modified this Tufte-LaTeX macro to call \@tufte@print@margin@citation
% instead of \bibentry.
\renewcommand{\@tufte@normal@cite}[2][0pt]{%
  % Snag the last bibentry in the list for later comparison
  \let\@temp@last@bibkey\@empty%
  \@for\@temp@bibkey:=#2\do{\let\@temp@last@bibkey\@temp@bibkey}%
  \sidenote[][#1]{%
    % Loop through all the bibentries, separating them with semicolons and spaces
    \normalsize\normalfont\@tufte@citation@font%
    \setcounter{@tufte@num@bibkeys}{0}%
    \@for\@temp@bibkeyx:=#2\do{%
      \ifthenelse{\equal{\@temp@last@bibkey}{\@temp@bibkeyx}}{%
        \ifthenelse{\equal{\value{@tufte@num@bibkeys}}{0}}{}{and\ }%
        \@tufte@trim@spaces\@temp@bibkeyx% trim spaces around bibkey
        \@tufte@print@margin@citation{\@temp@bibkeyx}%
      }{%
        \@tufte@trim@spaces\@temp@bibkeyx% trim spaces around bibkey
        \@tufte@print@margin@citation{\@temp@bibkeyx};\space
      }%
      \stepcounter{@tufte@num@bibkeys}%
    }%
  }%
}


% Calling this macro will reset the list of remembered citations. This is
% useful if you want to revert to full citations at the beginning of each
% chapter.
\newcommand{\resetcitations}{%
  \gdef\@tufte@old@bibkeys{}%
}
\makeatother

It keeps a list of known/old/seen bibkeys. Each time you call \cite{key}, it will add those bibkeys to the list. When it prints the reference in the margin, it will check the list of known keys. If we've seen the key before, we'll call \citealp{key}. If we haven't seen the key before, we'll call the usual \bibentry{key}.

I've thrown in a \resetcitations macro (for free!) that will cause LaTeX to forget all the bibkeys it's seen before. This can be used, for instance, at the beginning of each chapter so that you'll see the full reference for the first citation of each chapter.

Note that this macro isn't particularly efficient. It doesn't sort the list of known bibkeys and checking the list is a linear-time process, so it will take longer the more \cites you have.

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