\documentclass{tufte-handout}

%\geometry{showframe}% for debugging purposes -- displays the margins

\usepackage{amsmath}

% Set up the images/graphics package
\usepackage{graphicx}
\setkeys{Gin}{width=\linewidth,totalheight=\textheight,keepaspectratio}
\graphicspath{{graphics/}}

\title{An Example of the Usage of the Tufte-Handout Style\thanks{Inspired by Edward~R. Tufte!}}
\author[The Tufte-LaTeX Developers]{The Tufte-\LaTeX\ Developers}
\date{24 January 2009}  % if the \date{} command is left out, the current date will be used

% The following package makes prettier tables.  We're all about the bling!
\usepackage{booktabs}

% The units package provides nice, non-stacked fractions and better spacing
% for units.
\usepackage{units}

% The fancyvrb package lets us customize the formatting of verbatim
% environments.  We use a slightly smaller font.
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\fvset{fontsize=\normalsize}

% Small sections of multiple columns
\usepackage{multicol}

% Provides paragraphs of dummy text
\usepackage{lipsum}

% Pygments syntax highlighting codes
<< pygments['pastie.tex'] >>

\begin{document}

\maketitle% this prints the handout title, author, and date

\begin{abstract}
\noindent This document describes the Tufte handout \LaTeX\ document style.
It also provides examples and comments on the style's use.  Only a brief
overview is presented here; for a complete reference, see the sample book.
\end{abstract}

%\printclassoptions

