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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-12-31 01:29:16 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-12-31 01:29:16 +0000
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gb4e update (29dec09)
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index d9293034a94..c88b5921e4e 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/gb4e/gb4e-doc.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/gb4e/gb4e-doc.tex
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
%\documentstyle[a4,11pt,gb4e]{article}
%%
\def\bs{$\backslash$}
-\parskip1.2ex
+\frenchspacing\parskip1.2ex
\parindent0pt
\def\bit{\vskip.05\baselineskip\hspace*{1em}\hangindent4em\hangafter1}
\title{Preliminary documentation for {\tt gb\gbVersion.sty}\thanks{%
Parts of ``Government-Binding style'' {\tt gb\gbVersion.sty} are
- loosely based on ideas and code by M.~Covington, M.~deGroot,
+ loosely based on ideas and code by M.~Covington, M.~van der Goot,
J.~Frampton and L.~Holt. In particular it automatically includes {\tt
cgloss\gbVersion.sty}, a (heavily adapted) version of M.~Covington's
- \LaTeX-adaptation of M.~de Groot's plain\TeX{} Midnight gloss
+ \LaTeX-adaptation of M.~van der Goot's plain\TeX{} Midnight gloss
macros.} and {\tt cgloss\gbVersion.sty}}
\author{hans-peter kolb $<${\sf kolb@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de}$>$\\
Craig Thiersch $<${\sf thiersch@kub.nl}$>$}
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ The file {\tt gb\gbVersion.sty}\footnote{%
NB: Make sure to get {\tt cgloss\gbVersion.sty} together with {\tt
gb\gbVersion.sty}.
- As time permits, we'd like to revise the rest of {\tt
- gb\gbVersion.sty}, so please experiment and let us know about
- bugs and/or suggestions.}
+ This version of gb4e includes some \emph{minimal} bug-fixes and enhancements by
+ Alexis Dimitriadis, with emphasis on backward compatibility.
+}
allows \verb"_" (subscript) and
\verb"^" (superscript) to be used in ordinary text, which is handy,
but because it changes their definitions it must be loaded {\bf after}
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ set the labelwidth to, e.g., the widest label to come (in the style of
are ``{\tt m.}'' for {\tt xlist}, and ``{\tt iii.}'' for {\tt xlisti}.
The default labelwidth for the {\tt exe}-environment can also be changed
globally by issuing a \verb,\exewidth{<string>}, command in the
-preamble of your document (i.e.\ between the
-\verb'documentstyle' and the \verb'\begin{document}' lines).
+preamble of your document (i.e.\ between
+\verb'\documentclass' and \verb'\begin{document}').
\subsection{Examples with running numbers}
As just shown, every example with a running number
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ sublist of examples follows).
\bit\verb'\ex[<judgement>]{<example>}' $\Longrightarrow$ a numbered example
with judgement.
-The space reserved for judgements is governed by the
-\verb,\judgewidth{<string>}, command which sets it to the width of
+The space reserved for judgements can be controlled by the command\break
+\verb,\judgewidth{<string>},, which sets it to the width of
\verb,<string>, (Default: ``{\tt ??}''). It can be issued in the
preamble to change the
default globally, or within an {\tt exe}-environment for a
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Again, these commands work exactly as \verb'\ex' or
\pagebreak[2]
\section{Glosses}\label{gloss}
{\tt gb\gbVersion.sty} offers a set of commands for typesetting glosses based
-on M.\ Covington's \LaTeX-adaptation of M.\ deGroot's Midnight gloss
+on M.\ Covington's \LaTeX-adaptation of M.\ van der Goot's Midnight gloss
\TeX-macros.\footnote{They are defined in the file {\tt cgloss\gbVersion.sty}
which is automatically read by {\tt gb\gbVersion.sty}.}\\[5pt]
A gloss basically contains two elements:
@@ -359,9 +359,10 @@ respectively.
By default the glosses appear in
``Linguistic Inquiry style'' with all lines in \verb"\rm". To change a line
-(e.g.\ to \verb"\it" if required for a particular journal), just put
+(e.g.\ to italics if required for a particular journal), just put
the appropriate lines in the preamble of your document, e.g.,
-\verb"\let\eachwordone=\it". The same for
+\verb"\let\eachwordone=\it".\footnote{Font commands that take an argument, such as {\tt \bs textit}, cannot be used with versions of gb4e before 2009/12/28. Upgrade to the latest version or use argument-less font commands, such as {\tt \bs it}.}
+ The same for
\verb"\eachwordtwo" and \verb"\eachwordthree" (used by the three line
glosses introduced by \verb'\glll'). Note that it will
{\em not} work
@@ -404,13 +405,20 @@ uses:
yields \obar{X} \ibar{X} \iibar{X} \mbar{X}. With \verb,\primebars,
in the preamble, the outcome is \obar{X} X^{'} XP \mbar{X}.
\item Labelled bracketings:
-\verb,\lb{NP}[1]\lb{D}[1] the]\lb{\ibar{N}} example]], yields
+\verb,\lb{NP}[1]\lb{D}[1] the]\lb{\ibar{N}},\break \verb,example]], yields
\lb{NP}[1]\lb{D}[1] the]\lb{\ibar{N}} example]]. An analogous
right-bracket (\verb,\rb,) is also defined.
\item Greek letters: the frequently used letters \al\be\ga\de\ and
\th\ have abbreviations \verb,\al \be \ga \de \th, which also work
outside mathmode.
\item Sub- \& superscripts (\verb,_, and \verb,^,) work outside mathmode, too.
+\\
+{\bf Note:} This feature is known to cause problems for a number of
+other packages. It is retained for backward compatibility. In case of problems,
+you can disable it by adding the command \verb|\noautomath| in your preamble
+immediately after loading the gb4e package. You can also re-enable later with
+the command \verb|\automath|. [Added 2009/12/28]
+
\end{itemize}
At the very end of the style-file a couple of special accents for
``exotic'' languages are defined. Also, check out the \verb,\attop,-,
@@ -429,8 +437,10 @@ movement-arrows:
\begin{exe}
\ex\atcenter{
\arrowalign{\fillright\pd&\link3&\fillleft{\vrule\hfil}\cr
- Did&\ &John&\ &t_{\mathrm{Agr}}&\ appear &t&\ to be likely &t&\ to win.\cr
- &&\fillright\pu&\link3&\centr{\vrule\spacer\pu}&\lf&\fillleft\vrule\cr}
+ Did&\ &John&\ &t_{\mathrm{Agr}}&\ appear &t&\ to be likely
+ &t&\ to win.\cr
+ &&\fillright\pu&\link3&\centr{\vrule\spacer\pu}&\lf
+ &\fillleft\vrule\cr}
}
\end{exe}
\end{verbatim}