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+# nnext
+
+This is the nnext package for LaTeX. It is an add-on for the [**gb4e**](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/gb4e) example package used in linguistics. It implements the `\Next`, `\NNext`, `\Last`, and `\LLast` commands from the [**linguex**](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/linguex) package or the `\nextx`, `\anextx`, `\lastx`, `\blastx`, and `\bblastx` commands from the [**expex**](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/expex) package. The package takes its name from the distinctively named `\NNext` command found in **linguex**.
+
+## Introduction
+
+The popular linguistics example package **linguex** and the less popular (though more powerful) package **expex** allow users to refer to previously or to-be defined examples through mnemonic commands such as `\Next` or `\nextx`. The popular package **gb4e** lacks any such functionality. The goal of this package is to provide this functionality for **gb4e** and related packages so that users that need (or want) to use **gb4e** but are more comfortable with **linguex** or **expex** can still have access to these macros while using **gb4e**.
+
+This package is currently compatible with the original **gb4e** package as well as the modified version **langsci-gb4e** used by [Language Science Press](https://langsci-press.org/) and with [**gb4e-emulate** by Alan Munn](https://github.com/amunn/gb4e-emulate
+) (which reimplements **gb4e**’s functionality with the package **enumitem**).
+
+## License
+
+Copyright (C) 2020 by Nicholas LaCara
+
+This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in:
+
+<http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt>
+
+and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
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+% \iffalse meta-comment
+%
+% Copyright (C) 2020 by Nicholas LaCara
+%
+% This file may be distributed and/or modified under the
+% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+% version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
+% version. The latest version of this license is in:
+%
+% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%
+% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of
+% LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+%
+% \fi
+%
+% \iffalse
+%<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
+%<package>\ProvidesPackage{nnext}
+%<package> [2020/10/06 v0.0 The nnext package]
+%
+%<*driver>
+\documentclass{ltxdoc}
+\usepackage{url}
+\usepackage{charter}
+\usepackage{gb4e}
+\usepackage{nnext}
+\EnableCrossrefs
+\CodelineIndex
+\RecordChanges
+\begin{document}
+\DocInput{nnext.dtx}
+\end{document}
+%</driver>
+% \fi
+% \CheckSum{0}
+%
+% \changes{v0.0}{2020/10/05}{Initial version}
+%
+% \GetFileInfo{nnext.sty}
+% \DoNotIndex{\newcommand,}
+%
+% \title{The \textsf{nnext} package}
+% \author{Nicholas LaCara \\ \texttt{nick.lacara@gmail.com}}
+%
+% \maketitle
+%
+% \abstract{This package is an add-on for the \textsf{gb4e} example package
+% used in linguistics. It implements the \cmd{\Next}, \cmd{\NNext},
+% \cmd{\Last}, and \cmd{\LLast} commands from the \textsf{linguex} package or
+% the \cmd{\nextx}, \cmd{\anextx}, \cmd{\lastx}, \cmd{\blastx}, and
+% \cmd{\bblastx} commands from the \textsf{expex} package.} The package takes
+% its name from the distinctively named \cmd{\NNext} command found in
+% \textsf{linguex}.
+%
+% \section{Introduction}
+%
+% The popular linguistics example package \textsf{linguex} and the less popular
+% (though more powerful) package \textsf{expex} allow users to refer to
+% previously or to-be defined examples through mnemonic commands such as
+% \cmd{\Next} or \cmd{\nextx}. The popular package \textsf{gb4e} lacks any such
+% functionality. The goal of this package is to provide this functionality for
+% \textsf{gb4e} and related packages so that users that need (or want) to use
+% \textsf{gb4e} but are more comfortable with \textsf{linguex} or
+% \textsf{expex} can still have access to these macros while using
+% \textsf{gb4e}.
+%
+% This package is currently compatible with the original \textsf{gb4e} package
+% as well as the modified version \textsf{langsci-gb4e} used by Language
+% Science Press and with \textsf{gb4e-emulate} by Alan Munn (which reimplements
+% \textsf{gb4e}'s functionality with the package \textsf{enumitem}).\footnote{%
+% Unfortunately, \textsf{gb4e-emulate} is not on \textsc{ctan}. It is, however,
+% available at its GitHub repository: %
+% \url{https://github.com/amunn/gb4e-emulate}}
+%
+% \section{Usage}
+%
+% \subsection{Loading the package}
+%
+% The package should be loaded in your preamble with |\usepackage{nnext}|. It
+% should be loaded \emph{after} \textsf{gb4e} (or whichever variant you are
+% using).
+%
+% \subsection{Package options}
+%
+% The package has a few options that may be specified when loaded:
+%
+% \begin{description}
+% \item[\texttt{linguex}] This option defines the macros \cmd{\Next},
+% \cmd{\NNext}, \cmd{\Last}, and \cmd{\LLast}, as found in the
+% \textsf{linguex} package. It is the default package option and does not
+% need to be specified.
+%
+% \item[\texttt{expex}] This option defines the macros \cmd{\nextx},
+% \cmd{\anextx}, \cmd{\lastx}, \cmd{\blastx}, and \cmd{\bblastx}, as
+% found in the \textsf{expex} package.
+%
+% \item[\texttt{noparens}] This option disables the use of parentheses around
+% example numbers that are on by default when \textsf{linguex} emulation
+% is used. This is the typical behavior for \textsf{gb4e} and
+% \textsf{expex}.
+%
+% \end{description}
+%
+% \subsection{Macros}
+%
+% \subsubsection{\textsf{linguex} emulation mode (default)}
+%
+% If the user loads the package with the \textsf{linguex} option or, indeed,
+% with no options specified, the package will provide the following macros.
+%
+% \begin{itemize}
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\Next} The macro \cmd{\Next} will print the next
+% example number. So, if the previous example was (15), this will
+% print (16).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\NNext} The macro \cmd{\NNext} will print the
+% example number after next. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (17).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\Last} The macro \cmd{\Last} will print the
+% previous example number. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (15).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\LLast} The macro \cmd{\LLast} will print the
+% example number before last. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (14).
+%
+% \end{itemize}
+%
+% \noindent Usage of these macros is straightforward. Simply deploy
+% them in running text, as in the following code:
+%
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% If you want to refer to the next example, type \Next.
+% If you want to refer to the example after that, type \NNext.
+%
+% \begin{exe}
+% \ex[]{This is an example.}
+% \ex[*]{This are another example.}
+% \end{exe}
+%
+% \noindent If you want to refer to the previous example,
+% type \Last. If you want to refer to the example before
+% that, type \LLast.
+% \end{verbatim}
+%
+%
+% \noindent This code produces the following output:\medskip
+%
+% \framebox{\begin{minipage}{0.9\linewidth}
+%If you want to refer to the next example, type \Next.
+%If you want to refer to the example after that, type \NNext.
+%
+% \begin{exe}
+% \ex[]{This is an example.}
+% \ex[*]{This are another example.}
+% \end{exe}
+%
+%\noindent If you want to refer to the previous example, type \Last.
+%If you want to refer to the example before that,
+%type \LLast.
+%
+% \end{minipage}}
+%
+% \subsubsection{\textsf{expex} emulation mode}
+%
+% If the user loads the package with the \textsf{expex} option the package will
+% provide the following macros.
+%
+% \begin{itemize}
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\nextx} The macro \cmd{\nextx} will print the next
+% example number. So, if the previous example was (15), this will
+% print (16).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\anextx} The macro \cmd{\anextx} will print the
+% example number after next. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (17).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\lastx} The macro \cmd{\lastx} will print the
+% previous example number. So, if the previous example was (15), this
+% will print (15).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\blastx} The macro \cmd{\blastx} will print the
+% example number before last. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (14).
+%
+% \item \DescribeMacro{\bblastx} The macro \cmd{\bblastx} will print the
+% example number before last. So, if the previous example was (15),
+% this will print (13).
+% \end{itemize}
+%
+% \noindent Usage of these macros is straightforward. Simply deploy
+% them in running text, as in the following code:
+%
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% If you want to refer to the next example, type (\nextx).
+% If you want to refer to the example after that, type (\anextx).
+%
+% \begin{exe}
+% \ex[]{This is an example.}
+% \ex[*]{This are another example.}
+% \end{exe}
+%
+% \noindent If you want to refer to the previous example,
+% type (\lastx). If you want to refer to the example before
+% that, type (\blastx). If you want to refer to the example
+% before that, type (\bblastx).
+% \end{verbatim}
+%
+%
+% \noindent This code produces the following output:\medskip
+%
+% \framebox{\begin{minipage}{0.9\linewidth}
+%If you want to refer to the next example, type \Next.
+%If you want to refer to the example after that, type \NNext.
+%
+% \begin{exe}
+% \ex[]{This is an example.}
+% \ex[*]{This are another example.}
+% \end{exe}
+%
+%\noindent If you want to refer to the previous example, type \Last.
+%If you want to refer to the example before that,
+%type \LLast. If you want to refer to the example
+% before that, type (2).
+%
+% \end{minipage}}
+%
+% \subsection{Class compatibility}
+%
+% I have tested the package with a variety of common \LaTeX\ document classes
+% (including the ams-\LaTeX\ classes, scr* group of classes,
+% \textsf{tufte-handout}, and the \textsf{exam} class, among several others)
+% and believe it should be broadly compatible with most people's set-ups (so
+% far I have only found it to be incompatible with the \textsf{standalone}
+% class). If you have an issue, drop me an email and I'll see if I can't make
+% it work for you.
+%
+%
+% \section{Rationale}
+%
+% This package is really just a quality-of-life add-on for people using the
+% \textsf{gb4e} example package.
+%
+% The initial motivation for this package came from a colleague who needed to
+% typeset a document for submission to a publisher but was unable to use
+% \textsf{linguex} due to constraints imposed by the publisher's class file.
+% She asked specifically if there was any way to get \textsf{gb4e} to replicate
+% the functionality of the \textsf{linguex} commands \cmd{\Next}, \cmd{\NNext},
+% and \cmd{\Last}, among others.
+%
+% I figured it wouldn't be too difficult to code up a solution and send it to
+% her (which I did!), but given that there are likely other people who, due to
+% various externally imposed requirements, might need to use \textsf{gb4e} when
+% they are used to another example pacakge, I thought a more robust solution
+% might be appropriate. This package attempts to provide that.
+%
+% I also hope that this package can help people migrate to \textsf{gb4e} from
+% \textsf{linguex}. There are several benefits to using \textsf{gb4e} over
+% \textsf{linguex}, including a more robust syntax that is more aligned with
+% standard \LaTeX\ syntax and less sensitive to code formatting such as
+% line-breaks. That said, \textsf{gb4e} is a little less user-friendly than
+% \textsf{linguex}, so I think that providing one of the features that
+% \textsf{linguex} users expect can help people to migrate if they so choose.
+%
+% \section{Some notes for \textsf{linguex} users}
+%
+% The \textsf{gb4e} package behaves slightly differently from \textsf{linguex}
+% in a handful of ways. A few of those differences may impact how you
+% experience using this package.
+%
+% \begin{itemize}
+%
+% \item \textsf{gb4e} handles example numbering in footnotes poorly, using
+% numbering from the main body of the text (\textsf{linguex} uses roman
+% numerals in footnotes, one of the ways in which it is better). This is
+% something to keep in mind if you put an example in a footnote.
+%
+% \item Relatedly, if you use \textsf{gb4e}'s commands for customizing example
+% label numbers (\emph{e.g.}, \cmd{\exi} and \cmd{\exr}), the code here will
+% not use those special labels.
+%
+% \end{itemize}
+%
+% \StopEventually{\PrintIndex\PrintChanges}
+%
+%
+% \section{Implementation}
+%
+% In the following section, I present the fully commented code for the package.
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Dependencies}
+%
+% I use the \textsf{xspace} package to make the spacing after example numbers
+% right when using the \cmd{\Next}, \cmd{\Last}, \emph{etc}., commands. This
+% mimics the behavior of \textsf{linguex}.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\RequirePackage{xspace}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent I also use \textsf{ifthen} for various booleans set by the package
+% options.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\RequirePackage{ifthen}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% Because this package is designed to work with a range of \textsf{gb4e}
+% variants, there is no line in the code for loading \textsf{gb4e}. Documents
+% loading \textsf{nnext} without loading a \textsf{gb4e} variant will compile
+% will compile, but using any of the included macros will cause an error.
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Booleans}
+%
+% Here I define what the booleans will be. The first will set the
+% package to emulate linguex's \cmd{\Next}, \cmd{\NNext}, \cmd{\Last}, and
+% \cmd{\LLast} commands. The boolean is set to `false' initially.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newboolean{emulatelinguex}
+\setboolean{emulatelinguex}{false}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent The next boolean will set the package to emulate expex's
+% \cmd{\nextx}, \cmd{\lastx}, \cmd{\blastx}, \cmd{\anextx}, and \cmd{\bblastx}
+% commands. The boolean is set to `false' initially.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newboolean{emulateexpex}
+\setboolean{emulateexpex}{false}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent The final boolean will set whether the example numbers in the text
+% should be set with surrounding parentheses or not. The boolean is set to
+% `true' initially.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newboolean{parentheses}
+\setboolean{parentheses}{true}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Package options}
+%
+% Here is where various package options are defined. All the package options do
+% is manipulate the values of the booleans declared in the previous subsection.
+%
+% By using the package option \texttt{linguex}, the user sets the
+% \texttt{emulatelinguex} boolean to `true'.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\DeclareOption{linguex}{
+ \setboolean{emulatelinguex}{true}
+}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent By using the package option \texttt{expex}, the user sets the
+% \texttt{emulateexpex} boolean to `true' and the \texttt{emulatelinguex} and
+% \texttt{parentheses} booleans to `false'.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\DeclareOption{expex}{
+ \setboolean{emulateexpex}{true}
+ \setboolean{emulatelinguex}{false}
+ \setboolean{parentheses}{false}
+}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent By using the package option \texttt{noparens}, the user sets the
+% \texttt{parentheses} boolean to `false'.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\DeclareOption{noparens}{
+ \setboolean{parentheses}{false}
+}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \noindent After defining our package options, we tell \LaTeX\ to use
+% \textsf{linguex} emulation as the default mode.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\ExecuteOptions{linguex}
+\ProcessOptions\relax
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Detecting \textsf{gb4e} variants}
+%
+% To make this compatible with different variants of \textsf{gb4e}, we need to
+% detect which variant of \textsf{gb4e} the user is using, since there is some
+% variation in what each variant uses for its example counter. Right now, the
+% code is compatible with the following gb4e-like packages:
+%
+% \begin{itemize}
+% \item \textsf{gb4e}
+% \item \textsf{langsci-gb4e} (for Language Science Press books)
+% \item \textsf{gb4e-emulate} (by Alan Munn, which
+% reimplements \textsf{gb4e} using the package \textsf{enumitem})
+% \end{itemize}
+%
+% The code below checks to see if \textsf{langsci-gb4e} is loaded; if it isn't,
+% it checks to see if \textsf{gb4e-emulate} is loaded; if it isn't, it checks
+% to see if \textsf{gb4e} is loaded. If this fails, the package defaults to
+% using the \texttt{exx} counter from \textsf{gb4e} on the assumption that the
+% most likely package to be used instead of \textsf{gb4e} is a modded version.
+% It also prints a warning to the terminal.
+%
+% The reason this needs to be done is because each of these packages uses a
+% different counter for example numbering under the hood:
+%
+% \begin{itemize}
+% \item \textsf{gb4e} uses the counter \texttt{exx}
+% \item \textsf{langsci-gb4e} uses the counter \texttt{equation}
+% \item \textsf{gb4e-emulate} uses the counter \texttt{exei}
+% \end{itemize}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@countername}
+% Once the right package is identified, the value of \cmd{\@countername} is
+% defined to match the counter used by that package. This allows the macros
+% defined below to get the current value of the example counter at any point in
+% the document regardless of what example package is being used.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\@ifpackageloaded{langsci-gb4e}%
+ {\newcommand{\@countername}{equation}}
+ {\@ifpackageloaded{gb4e-emulate}%
+ {\newcommand{\@countername}{exei}}
+ {\@ifpackageloaded{gb4e}%
+ {\newcommand{\@countername}{exx}}
+ {\PackageWarningNoLine{nnext}{No known compatible %
+ example package loaded! Examples may not be correctly %
+ referenced, or there may be fatal errors}%
+ \newcommand{\@countername}{exx}}}}%
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Manipulating parentheses}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@lparens}
+% \begin{macro}{\@rparens}
+% \begin{macro}{\@afterspace}
+%
+% % \textsf{linguex} and \textsf{expex} behave differently with regard to
+% % whether the output of reference commands include parentheses:
+% \textsf{linguex} includes them; \textsf{expex} (like \textsf{gb4e}) does not.
+% The code here defines whether the macros include parentheses based on the
+% booleans defined above. It does this by setting the commands \cmd{\@lparens}
+% and \cmd{\@rparens} to either be parentheses or by defining them to be empty.
+% It also defines whether there should be space included after the number (as
+% in \textsf{linguex}) or not (as in \textsf{expex}). It does so, again, by
+% defining the macro \textsf{\@afterspace} to either to expand to \cmd{\xspace}
+% or to exapand to nothing. These macros are then used in the
+% \cmd{\printtmpcounter} macro below.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\ifthenelse{\boolean{emulatelinguex}%
+ \AND \boolean{parentheses}}{%
+ \newcommand{\@lparens}{(}
+ \newcommand{\@rparens}{)}
+ \newcommand{\@afterspace}{\xspace}}{%
+ \newcommand{\@lparens}{}
+ \newcommand{\@rparens}{}
+ \newcommand{\@afterspace}{}}%
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+%\end{macro}
+%\end{macro}
+%\end{macro}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Generic macros}
+%
+% \textsf{linguex} implements its commands by getting the current value of the
+% example counter, storing that value in a temporary counter, and then adding
+% or subtracting from that temporary counter. This is the approach that I take
+% below. To replicate this functionality with \textsf{gb4e}, we only have to do
+% this with the counter that it (or its variants) uses
+%
+%
+% \subsubsection{Setting up the temporary counter}
+%
+% First, we create a temporary counter, which will be used to store the value
+% of the next, last, or whichever example number the macro is looking for.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcounter{tmpcounter}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\settmpcounter}
+%
+% Now we define the command \cmd{\settmpcounter}, which gets the value of
+% the \textsf{gb4e} example counter (the name of which is stored in
+% \cmd{\@countername}) and sets the value of the temporary counter to this
+% value plus some integer:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\settmpcounter}[1]{%
+\setcounter{tmpcounter}{\value{\@countername}}%
+ \addtocounter{tmpcounter}{#1}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\printtmpcounter}
+%
+% Now we define a command for printing the value of temporary counter with or
+% without parentheses and with or without the trailing space, depending on
+% whether \textsf{linguex} or \textsf{expex} is being emulated. This relies on
+% how \cmd{\@lparens}, \cmd{\@rparens}, and \cmd{\@afterspace} were defined
+% above.
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\printtmpcounter}[1]{\settmpcounter{#1}%
+\@lparens\thetmpcounter\@rparens\@afterspace}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+%
+% \subsubsection{Generic definitions}
+%
+% Now we define some generic, under-the-hood macros for commands that add to or
+% subtract from the temporary counters and print those numbers as though they
+% were references. These under-the-hood commands will be assigned user-facing
+% names depending on whether \textsf{linguex} or \textsf{expex} is being
+% emulated.
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@Next}
+%
+% The macro \cmd{\@Next} increments the tempory counter by one, which will be
+% the value of the next example:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\@Next}{\printtmpcounter{1}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@NNext}
+%
+% The macro \cmd{\@NNext} increments the tempory counter by two, which will be
+% the value of the example after next:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\@NNext}{\printtmpcounter{2}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@Last}
+%
+% The macro \cmd{\@Last} does not change the value of the temporary counter,
+% since this is the value of the previous example:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\@Last}{\printtmpcounter{0}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@LLast}
+%
+% The macro \cmd{\@LLast} decreases the tempory counter by one, which will be
+% the value of the example before last:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\@LLast}{\printtmpcounter{-1}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\@LLLast}
+%
+% The macro \cmd{\@LLLast} decreases the tempory counter by two, which will be
+% the value of the example before the example before last:
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\@LLLast}{\printtmpcounter{-2}}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Emulate \textsf{linguex}}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\Next}
+% \begin{macro}{\NNext}
+% \begin{macro}{\Last}
+% \begin{macro}{\LLast}
+%
+% If the user chooses to emulate the \textsf{linguex} commands, then this
+% conditional uses the command names from \textsf{linguex} and defines them to
+% expand to the macros defined in the previous subsection.\bigskip
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\ifthenelse{\boolean{emulatelinguex}}{%
+ \newcommand{\Next}{\@Next}
+ \newcommand{\NNext}{\@NNext}
+ \newcommand{\Last}{\@Last}
+ \newcommand{\LLast}{\@LLast}}{}
+% \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+%
+% \subsection{Emulate \textsf{expex}}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\nextx}
+% \begin{macro}{\anextx}
+% \begin{macro}{\lastx}
+% \begin{macro}{\blastx}
+% \begin{macro}{\bblastx}
+% If the user chooses to emulate the \textsf{linguex} commands, then this
+% conditional uses the command names from \textsf{linguex} and defines them to
+% expand to the macros defined in the previous subsection.\bigskip\medskip
+%
+% \begin{macrocode}
+\ifthenelse{\boolean{emulateexpex}}{%
+ \newcommand{\nextx}{\@Next}
+ \newcommand{\anextx}{\@NNext}
+ \newcommand{\lastx}{\@Last}
+ \newcommand{\blastx}{\@LLast}
+ \newcommand{\bblastx}{\@LLLast}}{}
+% \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \Finale
+\endinput
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+%%
+%% Copyright (C) 2020 by Nicholas LaCara
+%%
+%% This file may be distributed and/or modified under the
+%% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+%% version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
+%% version. The latest version of this license is in:
+%%
+%% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%%
+%% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of
+%% LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+%%
+\input docstrip.tex
+\keepsilent
+\usedir{tex/latex/nnext}
+
+\preamble
+ This is a generated file.
+ Copyright (C) 2020 by Nicholas LaCara
+ This file may be distributed and/or modified under the
+ conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
+ version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
+ version. The latest version of this license is in:
+ http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+ and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of
+ LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later.
+\endpreamble
+
+\generate{\file{nnext.sty}{\from{nnext.dtx}{package}}}
+
+\Msg{=========================================================}
+\Msg{*}
+\Msg{* To finish the installation you have to move the}
+\Msg{* following file into a directory searched by TeX:}
+\Msg{*}
+\Msg{* \space\space nnext.sty}
+\Msg{*}
+\Msg{* To produce the documentation run the file nnext.dtx}
+\Msg{* through LaTeX. You will need to have gb4e installed}
+\Msg{* in order to compile the documentation.}
+\Msg{*}
+\Msg{* Happy TeXing!}
+\Msg{*}
+\Msg{=========================================================}
+
+\endbatchfile
+
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