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I have a very naive question. I started using linguex package, but now I realized I need some options that only expex has. I was wondering if the two packages be used in the same document, or would they be in conflict with one another.

The reason I ask this, is that I need to do the following with linguex, but I am not sure it is doable. First, I need to have right-aligned comments on the first and third line of a gloss.

Based on on the question linked in the comments:

I tried the following:

\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{cgloss}
\begin{document}

\ex. \a. The girls kissed the boy \hfill {\small \checkmark X}
\bg. The boy didn't kiss the girl \\ 
D boy AUX.NEG kiss D girl \\ \hfill {\small \checkmark X}
\trans 'The boy did not kiss the girl'. \hfill {\small \checkmark X}

\end{document}

This doesn't quite do what I want because ... ?

output of code

Second, I need to add arrows/lines connecting two parts of the example. Something like: arrows in examples

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  • It's not impossible in some cases, but not recommended. What do you need that linguex can't do? Maybe that problem can be solved. – Alan Munn Jul 29 '16 at 20:36
  • I would need to add right-aligned comments on some lines of glosses. I found a trick by using the command \raisebox, but it doesn't work when you need comments on more than one line of a gloss. – RobertP. Jul 29 '16 at 20:39
  • You mean like here: Labeling linguistic examples with language information (this will also work for linguex I think.) I think you should post a minimal example of what you want to do with linguex and then we'll see if it can be solved. – Alan Munn Jul 29 '16 at 20:42
  • I edited my question accordingly. Hope you guys can help somehow! – RobertP. Jul 30 '16 at 07:00
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    You're using the glossing macros incorrectly. Each gloss line needs to end with \ and the \hfill stuff goes afterward. Also, \small does not take an argument, so you should write {\small\checkmark}. The solution I point to in the linked question will solve the gloss problem. But the second problem is an entirely different one, and shouldn't be part of this question, and is also a duplicate of Movement arrow in gloss – Alan Munn Jul 30 '16 at 14:20
  • Thank you for replying, and sorry for mixing topics up. I updated the answer above. Apparently, your solution does word with examples, but not with glosses. – RobertP. Jul 30 '16 at 17:53
  • Your edited question is not the solution given in the linked question. You need to install the cgloss package and load that after loading linguex. – Alan Munn Jul 30 '16 at 20:32
  • I hate hassling, but it still doesn't work - see the follow-up above. – RobertP. Jul 30 '16 at 22:25
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    We can't tell what doesn't work unless you show us exactly what you are doing and what you want. But part of your problem is because you are still not using the glossing macros correctly. Your third line should be introduced by \trans or \glt. But it's true that you can only put right aligned stuff on the first line or the \trans line, but not on the gloss line itself. If you don't mind I'll edit your question to make it clear and then it can be reopened. – Alan Munn Jul 30 '16 at 22:37
  • Feel free to edit the question. What I want, is to have the possibility of putting right-aligned comments on both the first and third lines in a gloss. I also tried to but \glt or \trans, but right commenting still get mixed up with the actual gloss.

    I really feel like I should convert the entire document according to the expex macro.

     – RobertP. Jul 31 '16 at 06:32
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    I've edited the question using code from the linked answer. Does this do what you want or do you also want right aligned comments somewhere else? – Alan Munn Jul 31 '16 at 13:22
  • Thank you, Alan! That is definitely helpful! What if I want to do a comment on the second line? – RobertP. Jul 31 '16 at 18:06
  • Before you ask for that, ask yourself if you really need it. The first and second lines of a glossed example are logically one line so it's not clear that you would ever need to have comments on the gloss line itself. As it currently stands, you can't add a comment there. But remember 'what if' question is asking others to spend time solving the problem for you (as this comment thread attests to) and unless you have a demonstrated need for this, I would just stick with what you can do simply. – Alan Munn Jul 31 '16 at 18:12
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    One other comment: it's clear from the way your code samples went that you didn't understand how the glossing macros work. Partially this is because the linguex documentation of that is not so clear. You might want to take a look at the gb4e documentation which discusses the glossing macros more explicitly. This is not a suggestion to switch to gb4e (although personally I prefer it) but just a suggestion to read its documentation for the glossing macros. – Alan Munn Jul 31 '16 at 18:15
  • Fair enough - I just started using LaTeX, so yes - I think I'm still confused about how glossing works with gb4e. Thanks for all of your help. – RobertP. Jul 31 '16 at 19:21
  • If you really want to have a right-aligned comment on the second (gloss) line, the expex command \rightcomment works. You can just take the first example in this answer and move the \rightcomment from the \gla to the \glb line. Beware that this command may result in overlapping text and would then require manual line breaking. However, I agree with @AlanMunn that this would have limited usage in practice, and I'm not recommending that you switch to expex just for this feature. – Jason Zentz Aug 01 '16 at 14:06
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    @JasonZentz Can you email me. I've cooked up something that it would be nice to have and ExPex user test. – Alan Munn Aug 01 '16 at 14:10

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