Within from LyX, using various sidenotes in a tufte-latex-book environment, along with float figures, results sometimes in an overlapping of sidenotes and caption(s).
For example, two sidenotes followed by a figure caption (may) look like in the following screenshot:
As requested in the comments, a minimal working example:
My guess is that this issue is rather generic and not LyX-specific. How can one adjust the vertical spacing between sidenotes, as well as between sidenotes and figure captions?
% Preview source code
%% LyX 2.0.3 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\RequirePackage{fix-cm}
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,english,nohyper,notitlepage]{tufte-book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\setlength{\parskip}{\bigskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage[unicode=true,
bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=true,bookmarksopen=false,
breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0},backref=false,colorlinks=true]
{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
pdfauthor={Nikos Alexandris}}
\makeatletter
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\title{Some title}
\author{by Nikos Alexandris}
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth
%% A simple dot to overcome graphicx limitations
\newcommand{\lyxdot}{.}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
% inline item enumeration
\usepackage{paralist}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\subsection{Trim fringes\label{sub:Trim fringes}, in case they exist}
The Level 1 product generation system (LPGS\sidenote{Differences between the two main Landsat production systems are summarised
in USGS' webpage about \href{http://landsat.usgs.gov/products_IP_LPGSvsNLAPS.php}{LPGS and NLAPS Processing Systems Comparison}}) does not trim band offsets (fringes)\sidenote{Source: \href{http://landsathandbook.gsfc.nasa.gov/pdfs/Landsat7_Handbook.pdf}{Landsat 7 Science Data Users Handbook})}\sidenote{Detailed information upon this can be researched at \href{http://landsat.usgs.gov/tools_project_documents.php}{Landsat Missions, Project Documentation}}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth,height=8cm,keepaspectratio]{/geo/grassdb/exported/arcfuel/LT51840322011266MOR00_B7_no_Nulls\lyxdot png}
\caption{Fringes are visible in the borders of an Landsat acquisition due to }
\end{figure}
\end{document}
This results in a very similar overlapping effect, as the screenshot given above which was taken after compiling a large document.
Update (13. 01. 2013)
For completeness, exporting the LyX file as LaTeX (pdflatex) and compiling it -- without any modifications -- from within Kile, results, again, in the same overlapping effect.
%% LyX 2.0.3 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\RequirePackage{fix-cm}
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,english,nohyper,notitlepage]{tufte-book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\setlength{\parskip}{\bigskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage[unicode=true,
bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=true,bookmarksopen=false,
breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0},backref=false,colorlinks=true]
{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
pdfauthor={Nikos Alexandris}}
\makeatletter
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\title{Some title}
\author{by Nikos Alexandris}
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth
%% A simple dot to overcome graphicx limitations
\newcommand{\lyxdot}{.}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
% inline item enumeration
\usepackage{paralist}
% The default minimum amount of space between \marginnotes is 10 pt.
\setlength\marginparpush{20pt}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\subsection{Trim fringes\label{sub:Trim fringes}, in case they exist}
The Level 1 product generation system (LPGS\sidenote{Differences between the two main Landsat production systems are summarised
in USGS' webpage about \href{http://landsat.usgs.gov/products_IP_LPGSvsNLAPS.php}{LPGS and NLAPS Processing Systems Comparison}}) does not trim band offsets (fringes)\sidenote{Source: \href{http://landsathandbook.gsfc.nasa.gov/pdfs/Landsat7_Handbook.pdf}{Landsat 7 Science Data Users Handbook})}\sidenote{Detailed information upon this can be researched at \href{http://landsat.usgs.gov/tools_project_documents.php}{Landsat Missions, Project Documentation}}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=1\columnwidth,height=8cm,keepaspectratio]{/geo/grassdb/exported/arcfuel/LT51840322011266MOR00_B7_no_Nulls\lyxdot png}
\caption{Fringes are visible in the borders of an Landsat acquisition due to }
\end{figure}
\end{document}
This time, a full-witdh screenshot of an overlapping sidenote and a figure caption.
code
fits. Thank you.\includegraphics
command so I can't compile this. The\RequirePackage
command before the\documentclass
command is unusual. It may be OK but it seems odd to me because, for example, I cannot see how the\RequirePackage
command can be aware of the main document class, which it would need if options had to be passed on to the main document class. Are you sure this is the right place for the\RequirePackage
command?